Stanley Thomas Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American literary scholar
Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1888
Place of Birth: Meriden, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 05-Feb-1956
Profession: literary scholar
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Stanley Thomas Williams
- Stanley Thomas Williams (25 October 1888 – 5 February 1956) was a scholar who helped to establish the study of American literature as an academic field during his teaching career at Yale University.
- In 1935 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- His most notable publication is a two-volume biography of Washington Irving but he is best remembered for changing the study of Herman Melville by strategically directing doctoral dissertations on his life and works.
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