John Harrington Cox, West Virginia University

Identifier:

021167

Title:

John Harrington Cox, West Virginia University

Date:

undated

Description:

'John Harrington Cox, 1863-1945; John H. Cox was a teacher of English in his native Illinois and in North Dakota before joining the faculty at West Virginia University in 1902 as an instructor. He held the position of professor of English philology from 1904 until his retirement in 1932. Professor Cox will be remembered for his establishment of the Beowulf Club at the University in 1908 as a means of arousing student interest in old and middle English Literature. The publication of Folk Songs of the South in 1925 was a climax of his achievement in collecting and preserving Folk Literature not only in West Virginia but in the whole Appalachian region. He translated and adapted for childrens use tales of chivalry from Old English, Old French, and Middle High German sources. Among these are Beowulf, A Knight of Artur`s Court, The Song of Roland and Siegfried. Dr. Cox was widely known through his writings in scholarly journals and his work in teachers` institutes in West Virginia and other states.'

Subjects:

English teachers--West Virginia--Morgantown., College teachers--West Virginia--Morgantown.

Personal Names:

Cox, John Harrington, 1863-1945.

Corporate Names:

WVU--Faculty Portraits--H., West Virginia University.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView