Name William Comfort Died 1955 | Education Harvard University Children Howard Comfort | |
Books Quakers in the modern world, The Quakers: A Brief Acc, William Penn and our liberti, Yvain: The Knight of the Lion | ||
William Wistar Comfort (1874 – December 24, 1955) was president of Haverford College.
Life
He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and raised a Quaker. He graduated from Haverford College in 1894 and from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1902. His thesis was titled: “The Development of the Character Types in the French Chansons de Geste.” He was a polymath, and translated The Quest of the Holy Grail, wrote on Arthurian Romances among such topics as Quakerism, children's literature, and the poet William Cowper.
His papers are held at Haverford College.
References
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