Stringfellow Barr

Historian

Birthday January 15, 1897

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Suffolk, VA

DEATH DATE Feb 3, 1982 (85)

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About

An American historian and author, he is known for works such as The Will of Zeus and The Mask of Jove. He also taught Classics at Rutgers College and served as the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review.

Before Fame

He served as the president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.

Trivia

He established the Foundation for World Government.

Family Life

He was born in Suffolk, Virginia. He later married Gladys Josephine Baldwin Barr.

Associated With

He and Eleanor Roosevelt both supported a petition asking the U.S. Congress to abolish the House Committee on Unamerican Activities.