Name-occupation consonance again

[George Thompson]

A man who compiled (as I recall) a bibliography of travel-books relating to Italy was named Pine-Coffin.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:41 am
Subject: Name-occupation consonance again
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> Margaret Coffin, author of _Death in early America: the history and
> folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals,
> burials, and mourning_.
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> Joel
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