Ridgely torrence biography
Ridgely torrence biography
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Ridgely Torrence
American journalist (–)
Frederic Ridgely Torrence (November 27, – December 25, ) was an American poet and editor. He received the Shelley Memorial Award in and the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship in
Early life and education
Born on November 27, , in Xenia, Ohio,[1][2] Torrence was the eldest child of Captain David Findley Torrence and Mary Ridgely Torrence.[3][a] His father was a lumber dealer.[2] His grandfather, John Torrence, founded Xenia and Lexington, Kentucky.[2] He had a brother, Findley McDowell Torrence, who attended Harvard University and married a hometown woman, Patricia Broadstone.[4]
He had tutors while he was growing up[3] and attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from to and transferred to Princeton University.[1][2] He withdrew from Princeton after he suffered an illness that prevented him from returning to school in [2&