Lewis Freeman Mott, Ph.D. (1863-November 20, 1941) was an American English scholar, born in New York and educated at the City College (S.B., 1883) and at Columbia (Ph.D., 1896). He taught at City College where he became professor in 1897 and from which he retired in 1934. Professor Mott served as president of the Modern Language Association in 1911. He wrote The System of Courtly Love (1894) and The Provencal Lyric (1901).
His wife, Alice Garrigue Mott (1861-1948), was the younger sister of Tomáš Masaryk's wife.
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| Name | Mott, Lewis Freeman |
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| Date of birth | 1863 |
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| Date of death | 1941 |
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Famous quotes containing the words freeman and/or mott:
“grandmama
sewing a new
button on my last year
ragdoll.”
—Carol Freeman (b. 1941)
“And tell me what street
Compares with Mott Street
In July?”
—Lorenz Hart (1895–1943)