Harry Clifton Heaton
Harry Clifton Heaton (born March 21, 1885 in Waterbury , Connecticut , † December 28, 1950 in Tuckahoe , New York ) was an American Romance philologist , Hispanist and Catalanist .
Life
Heaton graduated from Yale University in 1907. Then he spent three years in Paris and Madrid . In 1916 he received his doctorate from Columbia University with the work (ed.) The Gloria d'amor of Fra Rocaberti. A catalan vision-poem of the 15th century (New York 1916, 1966). From 1910 he taught at New York University , from 1927 as a professor.
Heaton was a corresponding member of the Real Academia Española .
Works
- (Ed.) Juan de Matos Fragoso, El ingrato agradecido . Ed. bilingüe inglés-castellano, New York 1926
- (Ed.) Two Sixteenth Century dramatic works [Comedia Hamada Grassandora, compuesta por Juan Uzeda de Sepulveda. Egloga hecha por Salazar de Breno], New York 1928
- (Ed.) The discovery of the Amazon according to the account of Friar Gaspar de Carvajal and other documents , New York 1934
- (Ed.) La cruz en la sepultura , New York 1948
literature
- Everett W. Hesse, [Obituary] in: Hispanic Review 19, 1951, pp. 165-167
Web links
- Literature by and about Harry Clifton Heaton in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heaton, Harry Clifton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romanist, Hispanic and Catalanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waterbury , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1950 |
| Place of death | Tuckahoe , New York |