Science and Pseudo-Science in the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, (1951), title page and table of contents

Notes:

Carroll Dee Laverty was born in Nebraska on November 3, 1906, although his family moved to Denver, CO some time before he entered high school. He obtained his B. A. degree from the University of Colorado in 1933, and his M. A. from the same institution in 1934. He was awared a PhD. from Duke University in 1951. He taught for most of his career at Texas A & M College, beginning in 1939, interrupted only by several years of military duty and later a brief sabbatical to complete his graduate studies. He retired on May 4, 1973 and died on January 7, 1983. (He married Marion Laverty about 1935. Their only child, Penelope Laverty Person, died in 2006.) For additional details, up to 1951, see the vita appended at the end of this disseration.

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