Henry A. Lappin
Henry A. Lappin FRSL (27 june 1890 – 1945) was an Irish writer and educator.
Biography
He was born at Falls Road, Belfast, the son of Henry Lappin and Marianne Theresa McEntree. His father was teacher of experimental science at the St Joseph's National School in Belfast. He attended the National University and received his B.A. desgree in 1913.
In early 1914 he moved to the United States, living first in Hillsboro, Oregon, assisted at the time by a cousin who was a local Paulist priest. Lappin worked briefly as a journalist but soon began teaching Latin, Greek and English literature at the College of St. Thomas. He was sequentially instructor of English at Cornell University and a professor at D'Youville College, Buffalo. Lappin spent a sabbatic leave in Europe. While in England he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Later he was made head of the department of English Language and Literature at D'Youville.
He helped other Irish expatriates to establish themselves in America, such as the poet Joseph Campbell. He was a close friend of Edward Dowden and William Turner.
Henry Lappin contributed to The Buffalo News, The Bookman and The Catholic World, among other periodicals.
External links
- Works by Henry A. Lappin at Unz.com
- Works by Henry A. Lappin at JSTOR
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- 1890 births
- 1945 deaths
- 20th-century Irish educators
- 20th-century Irish male writers
- Alumni of the National University of Ireland
- D'Youville University faculty
- Expatriates from Northern Ireland in the United States
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
- Irish Roman Catholic writers
- Scholars and academics from Belfast
