Background
Davison, Edward was born on July 28, 1898 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Robert and Evelyn Mary (Ford) Davison.
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Davison, Edward was born on July 28, 1898 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Robert and Evelyn Mary (Ford) Davison.
Foundation scholar, Saint John's College, Cambridge University, England, 1921, Bachelor of Arts, 1921, Master of Arts, 1925. Honorary the Doctor of Letters, University of Colorado in 1934.
; children—Peter Hubert, Lesley (Mistress Forrest Perrin). Married second to Rose Landver, July 26, 1960. Editor Cambridge (England) Review, 1920-1922.
Editor The Challenge, London, 1922-1924.
General manager The Guardian, London, 1924-1925. Came to the United States, 1925.
Professor of English literature, Vassar College, 1926-1927. Editor The Wits’ Weekly,” Saturday Review of Literature, 1928-1930.
Engaged in lecturing, 1925-1970.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial fellow in poetry, Europe, 1930. Visiting Professor of English literature, University of Miami, Florida, 1934-1935. Director Writers’ Conference in the Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Colorado, 1935-1942.
Professor of English literature, University of Colorado, 1935-1946.
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Served as ordinary seaman, advancing to paymaster sub-Lieutenant British Royal Naval Division, 1914-1918. Member Poetry Society America (president 1955-1956), Cum Laude Society (honorary).
Married Natalie Eva Weiner, April 27, 1926 (deceased. Married second to Rose Landver, July 26, 1960. Children: Peter Hubert, Lesley (Mistress Forrest Perrin).
