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Richard Curry Marius | |
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| Born | July 29, 1933 Dixie Lee Junction, Tennessee, US |
| Died | November 5, 1999 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts |
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| Language | English |
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| Spouses | Gail Smith (div.) Lanier Smythe |
| Children | 3 |
Richard Curry Marius (July 29, 1933 – November 5, 1999) was an American academic and writer.
He was a scholar of the Reformation, novelist of the American South, speechwriter, and teacher of writing and English literature at Harvard University. He was widely published, leaving behind major biographies of Thomas More and Martin Luther, four novels set in his native Tennessee, several books on writing, and a host of scholarly articles for academic journals and mainstream book reviews.