Frank Doggett, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Doggett

American literary critic

Date of Birth: 04-May-1906

Date of Death: 09-Sep-2002

Profession: journalist, literary critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Frank Aristides Doggett (May 4, 1906 – September 9, 2002) was an educator in the Duval County, Florida school system and an independent scholar who was an early authority on the American Modernist poet, Wallace Stevens.
Doggett was born in Jacksonville, Florida, earned a bachelor's degree at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and his master's degree at Emory University.
He received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Florida in 1967 for his contributions toward the understanding of Stevens' work. Doggett wrote numerous essays and two books on Stevens, Stevens' Poetry of Thought and Wallace Stevens, The Making of the Poem.
He co-edited Wallace Stevens: A Celebration with Robert Buttel of Temple University.