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21 Nov

John Harrington Cox died in Morgantown

John Harrington Cox (May 27, 1863 - November 21, 1945) was one of the pioneers in the field of American folk song scholarship. Cox was born in Madison County, Illinois. Educated at Brown and Harvard (Ph.D., 1923) universities, he received an appoi...

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