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Dr. Gerald Langford
Gerald Langford (October 20, 1911 - April 18, 2003) was an author and Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and O. Henry Scholar in the latter half of the 20th century.
He was ...view moreGerald Langford (October 20, 1911 - April 18, 2003) was an author and Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and O. Henry Scholar in the latter half of the 20th century.
He was born in Alabama in 1911 and grew up in Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Arts, Masters, and Doctorate in English Literature from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years during World War II and taught at colleges in South Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky before joining the faculty of the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin in 1946, where he taught courses in creative writing and contemporary English and American literature.
His first book, “Alias O. Henry: A Biography of William Sidney Porter,” was published in 1957. His other published works include “The Richard Harding Davis Years” (1961), “The Murder of Stanford White” (1962), and “Ingenue Among the Lions,” (1965).
In the 1960s, he developed an interest in photography with a specific interest in photographing buildings related to O. Henry’s life.
Dr. Langford died April 18, 2003 in Austin, Texas.view less