Matthew R Laird
Biographic Data
| ID | 5407443 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew R Laird |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew R |
| FAMILY NAME | Laird |
| SIGNATURE | LAIRD M R |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0967-3175 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Nativist American Humour
When Professor Cornelius Conway Felton of Harvard was laid to rest in the spring of 1862, he was remembered as a man of warmth and wit, with a sense of humour which, though easily animated, never undermined the "manliness of his character" (Woolsey 1862, 16). "The spirit of Aristopha- nes lodged in Professor Felton," remarked Theodore Woolsey, president of Yale College; "he had the same sense of the ludicrous, the same keen judgment of character,…
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Nativist American Humour
When Professor Cornelius Conway Felton of Harvard was laid to rest in the spring of 1862, he was remembered as a man of warmth and wit, with a sense of humour which, though easily animated, never undermined the "manliness of his character" (Woolsey 1862, 16). "The spirit of Aristopha- nes lodged in Professor Felton," remarked Theodore Woolsey, president of Yale College; "he had the same sense of the ludicrous, the same keen judgment of character,…
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