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Aileen Ward was born on 1 April, 1919, is an American professor of English literature (1919 – 2016). Discover Aileen Ward's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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Occupation Professor of English Literature
Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April 1919
Birthday 1 April
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Date of death 31 May, 2016
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Nationality American

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1919

Aileen Ward (1 April 1919 – 31 May 2016), was an American professor of English literature who won both a National Book Award and a Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for her book "John Keats: The Making of a Poet".

Aileen Coursen Ward was born on April 1, 1919, in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in Summit, N.J. Her father, Waldron, was a lawyer; her mother was the former Aline Coursen.

1940

After earning a B.A. in English from Smith College in 1940, she enrolled in Radcliffe College, where she was awarded her M.A. in 1942 and a doctorate in 1953.

Her dissertation was on poetic metaphor.

Professor Ward taught at Wellesley and Barnard.

1954

She joined the Vassar English department in 1954.

Later in her career Ward taught at Sarah Lawrence, Brandeis and New York University.

1964

Ward spent nine years researching “John Keats: The Making of a Poet". The book won two major awards, the 1964 National Book Award (in the category Arts and Letters (nonfiction)), and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize of 1963.

1966

She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966.

1990

She retired in 1990.

2016

Ward died on May 31, 2016.

At the time she was still working on a biography of William Blake, as she had been for nearly 50 years.