Donald Davidson (poet)

Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson in 1956
Born
Donald Grady Davidson

August 8, 1893
DiedApril 25, 1968 (aged 74)
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materVanderbilt University
Occupation(s)Poet, college professor
SpouseTheresa Sherrer
Children1 daughter

Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893 – April 25, 1968) was an American poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. An English professor at Vanderbilt University from 1920 to 1965, he was a founding member of the Fugitives and the overlapping group Southern Agrarians, two literary groups based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a supporter of segregation in the United States.