Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893 - April 25, 1968) was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. He is best known for his association with the Southern Agrarians. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The Southern Agrarians or Vanderbilt Agrarians were a group of 12 American Traditionalist writers and poets from the Southern United States who joined together to publish the Agrarian manifesto, a collection of essays entitled Ill Take My Stand in 1930. ...

Davidson was born in Campbellsville, Tennessee in Giles County. Both his parents were teachers. He was classically trained in Latin, Greek, English, and mathematics. Giles County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ...

Davidson received both his bachelor's (1917) and master's (1922) degrees at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I. During this period, he became associated with the group of poets and critics known as the Fugitives. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (colloquially known as Vandy) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university in Nashville, Tennessee. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Governor Phil Bredesen (D) Senators Bill Frist (R) Lamar Alexander (R) Official language(s) English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ... The Fugitives were a group of poets and literary scholars who came together at Vanderbilt University around 1920. ...

From 1923 to 1930, he served as editor of the Nashville Tennessean book page where he reviewed more than 370 books. The book page was well-respected and was syndicated to other newspapers for a time. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Tennessean is a dominant daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

Around 1930, Davidson became the leader of the Southern Agrarians and was largely responsible for the publication of the Agrarian manifesto I'll Take My Stand. During the following nine years, he defended the Agrarian philosophy from the lectern and wrote more than 40 articles and essays that reflected the Agrarian position. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Southern Agrarians or Vanderbilt Agrarians were a group of 12 American Traditionalist writers and poets from the Southern United States who joined together to publish the Agrarian manifesto, a collection of essays entitled Ill Take My Stand in 1930. ... Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy. ... Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy. ...

In 1938, he published Attack on Leviathan which was a collection of social criticism that followed the Agrarian tradition. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He published five volumes of poetry, An Outland Piper (1924), The Tall Men (1927), Lee in the Mountains and Other Poems (1938), The Long Street (1961), and Collected Poems: 1922-1961 (1966). 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

He also published Still Rebels, Still Yankees (1957), and his two-volume history The Tennessee (1946 and 1948). 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Davidson received honorary doctorates from Cumberland University, Washington and Lee University, and Middlebury College. This institution is unrelated, other than by similarity of name, to the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. ... Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, located very close to Virginia Military Institute. ... Middlebury College is a small, selective liberal arts college located in the rural New England town of Middlebury, Vermont. ...

He died in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville skyline Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ...