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Hancock, Edward A., 1911-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1911 - 1988

Biographical Note

Edward Alexander Hancock (1911-1988) was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1946-1978. He graduated with an A. B. from Davidson College in 1933 and an M. A. from the University of Virginia in 1948. Hancock was born in West Virginia to Charles B. Hancock and Ora Lee Hunters and is buried alongside his family in Maple Park Cemetery, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Sources:

University Catalogs.

"Edward Alexander Hancock" entry, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9278&h=4691011, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.

"Edward Alexander Hancock" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19804093/edward-alexander-hancock, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letter to Edward A. Hancock

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-045
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written to Hancock from Herbert Faulkner West at Dartmouth College on August 21, 1964.

Dates: 1964