Odell Shepard
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Odell Shepard | |
|---|---|
| 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut | |
| In office 1941–1943 | |
| Governor | Robert A. Hurley |
| Preceded by | James L. McConaughy |
| Succeeded by | William L. Hadden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 22, 1884 Sterling, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1967 (aged 82) New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Awards | |
Odell Shepard (July 22, 1884 in Sterling, Illinois – July 19, 1967 in New London, Connecticut) was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 86th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943.[1] He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.[2]
Shepard was born in Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, and taught at the English department of Yale University. A professor of English at Trinity College from 1917 to 1946,[3] he was a mentor to Abbie Huston Evans.[4] He edited the works of Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Shepard wrote a biography of Bronson Alcott, the father of writer Louisa May Alcott and one of the foremost Transcendentalists: Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, published by Little, Brown in 1937,[5] for which he won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.[2]
His papers are held at Trinity College.[3]
He died in 1967.
Awards
- 1938 Pulitzer Prize for his Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, (Little, Brown and Company)[2]
- Golden Rose Award
