Milne Holton (1931–2000)
Author of Songs of the Serbian People: From the Collections of Vuk Karadzic (Pitt Russian East European)
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Holton's Washington Post obituary initially called him Walter Milne Holton. His correct name was William Milne Holton.
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- Legal name
- Holton, William Milne
- Birthdate
- 1931
- Date of death
- 2000
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- English professor
translator
editor - Organizations
- University of Maryland, College Park
- Short biography
- Literary scholar, professor, and translator William Milne Holton (1931-2000) was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1954, and shortly thereafter received his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School in 1957. Holton practiced law in Chatanooga, Tennessee, for nearly a year before continuing his education at Yale University, receiving his Ph.D. in literature in 1965. Holton began his teaching career at the University of Maryland in 1961, a tenure that lasted until his retirement in 1999. Holton's publications include a volume on Stephen Crane, The Cylinder of Vision (1972) and several volumes of Macedonian, Polish, Austrian, and Serbian poetry, for which he acted as both translator and editor.
- Disambiguation notice
- Holton's Washington Post obituary initially called him Walter Milne Holton. His correct name was William Milne Holton.
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