Milman Parry
Milman Parry | |
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 Parry in his 1919 high school yearbook | |
| Born | June 23, 1902 Oakland, California, United States |
| Died | December 3, 1935 (aged 33) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Spouse | Marian Thanhouser (Parry) |
| Children | Marian and Adam Parry |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of Paris |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classical studies Linguistics |
Sub-discipline | Epic poetry Homeric scholarship Oral-formulaic composition |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Influenced | Albert Lord |
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alma_mater which should be merged into education.Milman Parry (June 23, 1902 – December 3, 1935) was an American Classicist. A pioneer in the study of oral tradition, his theories on the origin of Homeric epics have revolutionized Homeric studies to such a fundamental degree that he has been described as the "Darwin of Homeric studies".