| Walter Clyde Curry | |
| Birth Date: | 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Gray Court, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Date: | October 2, 1967 |
| Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education: | Wofford College Stanford University |
| Employer: | Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation: | Academic, poet |
| Spouse: | Kathryn Worth |
| Parents: | William Collier Curry Martha Yeargin |
Walter Clyde Curry (1887 - October 2, 1967) was an American academic, medievalist, and poet. He was a member of the Fugitives and the author of four books.
Walter Clyde Curry was born in 1887 in Gray Court, South Carolina.[1] [2] He graduated from Wofford College, and he earned a master's degree and PhD from Stanford University.[2]
Curry joined the English department at Vanderbilt University in 1915.[1] A poet, he became a member of the Fugitives under the penname of Marpha in the 1920s.[2] He taught at Peabody College from 1930 to 1941.[1] He was the chair of the English department at Vanderbilt University from 1941 to 1955.[2] On his retirements, his former students, including Cleanth Brooks, published a volume of essays about Curry's scholarship.[3]
Curry was a medievalist, and a member of the Medieval Academy of America.[1] He was also a member of the Modern Language Association.[1]
Curry married Kathryn Worth in 1927.[1] They had a daughter, who married Joseph Rainey.[1] He died on October 2, 1967, in Nashville,[1] [2] at the age of 80.[4]