Richard Beale Davis
Richard Beale Davis (June 3, 1907 – March 30, 1981) was an American academic who specialized in the history of the Southern United States, with a focus on its literature and intellectual history. His works include the 1978 book ''Intellectual Life in the Colonial South'', which was awarded the National Book Award for history and several other accolades. He taught at the University of Virginia, University of South Carolina, and University of Tennessee, among other places.Davis was born in Accomac, Virginia to a family with local religious and academic connections. He began teaching in the 1920s, receiving his master's degree from the University of Virginia in 1933 and his PhD in 1936. He joined the University of South Carolina as an associate professor of English in 1940, taking leave during the Second World War to teach for the United States Navy. Davis returned to South Carolina and then joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee. While there, he was involved with the James D. Hoskins Library and the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He was made an Alumni Distinguished Service Professor in 1962 and retired from teaching fifteen years later. During this time, he held several fellowships and was a member of the American Antiquarian Society.
Davis's most-celebrated work was his 1978 book ''Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585–1763'', a three-volume study of the history and culture of the American South. According to Jack P. Greene, it was the "single most comprehensive description ever undertaken of the cultural life of any segment of Britain's early modern American empire". Davis's reputation as a scholar was solidified through his extensive body of work, with Leo Lemay referring to him as "the greatest modern authority on early Southern literature". Similar views were offered by Louis D. Rubin Jr., praising the way he "decisively chartered and explored the colonial southern literary scene". Provided by Wikipedia
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A colonial Southern bookshelf : reading in the eighteenth century / by Davis, Richard Beale
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Intellectual life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763 / by Davis, Richard Beale
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Literature and society in early Virginia, 1608-1840. by Davis, Richard Beale
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The colonial Virginia satirist; mid-eighteenth-century commentaries on politics, religion, and society. by Davis, Richard Beale
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Intellectual life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763 / by Davis, Richard Beale
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A colonial Southern bookshelf : reading in the eighteenth century / by Davis, Richard Beale
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Intellectual life in Jefferson's Virginia, 1790-1830. by Davis, Richard Beale
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American literature through Bryant, 1585-1830. by Davis, Richard Beale
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George Sandys, poet-adventurer; a study in Anglo-American culture in the seventeenth century. by Davis, Richard Beale
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Intellectual life in Jefferson's Virginia, 1790-1830. by Davis, Richard Beale, 1907-
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Collected Poems Of Samuel Davies: 1723-1761 Facsimile Reproductions Edited With an Introduction and Notes By Richard Beale Davis by Davies, Samuel
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Life of Poe; by Chivers, Thomas Holley, 1807-1858
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William Fitzhugh and his Chesapeake world, 1676-1701; the Fitzhugh letters and other documents. by Fitzhugh, William, 1651-1701
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Studies in honor of John C. Hodges and Alwin Thaler /
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Essays in early Virginia literature honoring Richard Beale Davis /
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