David H. Greene

David Herbert Greene (November 4, 1913 – July 9, 2008) was an author and professor at Harvard University, Boston University, The College of New Rochelle, the U.S. Naval Academy and New York University, where he was chairman of the English Department. He was the official biographer of the Irish playwright J.M. Synge and worked on the original version of the game show Password as a 'word authority'.[1]

David Herbert Greene
Born	4 November 1913 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Died	9 July 2008 (aged 94) Boynton Beach, Florida
Occupation	Author, Teacher
Nationality	American
Genre	Irish Literature, Irish History
Subject	Literature
Notable works	J.M. Synge 1871-1909 1000 Years of Irish Prose
Spouse	Catherine Healy ​ ​ (m. 1939⁠–⁠2008)​

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Herbert Greene and Annie Roche. He graduated from Harvard University in 1936. He studied in Ireland on a Harvard Fellowship.[1]

He married Catherine Healy in 1939. During World War II, David served as an officer with the United States Navy.[1]

He died in Boynton Beach, Florida of pneumonia.[1]

References

1. Dennis Hevesi (July 10, 2008). "David H. Greene, author, Irish literature scholar; at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-25. David H. Greene, a leading scholar of Irish literature and one of the authorized biographers of the playwright J. M. Synge, the author of "The Playboy of the Western World," died on Wednesday near his home in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was 94.

External links

• Guide to the David H. Greene Collection of Sean O'Casey Letters, 1944-1962, at NYU's Fales Library