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A native of [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]], [[Maine]], Coffin graduated from Bowdoin in 1915, and went on to earn graduate degrees from [[Princeton University]] (1916) and [[Oxford University]] (1920), where he was a [[Rhodes Scholar]]. He is best known as the author of more than three dozen works of literature, poetry and history, including the book ''[[Strange Holiness]]'', which won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] in 1936. |
A native of [[Brunswick, Maine|Brunswick]], [[Maine]], Coffin graduated from Bowdoin in 1915, and went on to earn graduate degrees from [[Princeton University]] (1916) and [[Oxford University]] (1920), where he was a [[Rhodes Scholar]]. He is best known as the author of more than three dozen works of literature, poetry and history, including the book ''[[Strange Holiness]]'', which won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] in 1936. |
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Robert Peter Tristam Coffin (1892-1955) was a writer, poet and professor at Wells College (1921-1934) and Bowdoin College (1934-1955).
A native of Brunswick, Maine, Coffin graduated from Bowdoin in 1915, and went on to earn graduate degrees from Princeton University (1916) and Oxford University (1920), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is best known as the author of more than three dozen works of literature, poetry and history, including the book Strange Holiness, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1936.