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Ridgely Torrence
American journalist (1874–1950)
Frederic Ridgely Torrence (November 27, 1874 – December 25, 1950) was an American poet and editor.
He received the Shelley Memorial Award in 1942 and the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship in 1947.
Early life and education
Born on November 27, 1874, in Xenia, Ohio,[1][2] Torrence was the eldest child of Captain David Findley Torrence and Mary Ridgely Torrence.[3][a] His father was a lumber dealer.[2] His grandfather, John Torrence, founded Xenia and Lexington, Kentucky.[2] He had a brother, Findley McDowell Torrence, who attended Harvard University and married a hometown woman, Patricia Broadstone.[4]
He had tutors while he was growing up[3] and attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from 1893 to 1895 and transferred to Princeton University.[1][2] He withdrew from Princeton after he suffered an illness that prevente