Background
Blackmur, Richard Palmer was born on January 21, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Edward and Helen (Palmer) Blackmur.
Blackmur, Richard Palmer was born on January 21, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Edward and Helen (Palmer) Blackmur.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1958. Master of Arts (Christ’s College Fellow), Cambridge University, 1961.
. Free lance poet and critic, 1928-1940. Guggenheim fellowships, 1936-1937, 37-38. Member Institute Advanced Study, 1944-1945.
Resident fellow Princeton, 1940-1943, 46-48, Hodder.
Member Institute Advanced Study, 1944-1945. Fellow Library Congress in American Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member American Association University Professors, National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Married Helen Dickson, June 14, 1930 (divorced 1951).