Mark Royden Winchell (July 24, 1948 – May 8, 2008) was a biographer, essayist, historian and literary critic. At the time of his death he was Professor of Literature and European Civilization at
Clemson University
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West Virginia University
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before studying for his Ph.D. at
Vanderbilt University
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. The journalist and author Joe Scotchie described him as "A traditionalist in literature and an Old Right conservative in politics."
Winchell died of cancer, aged 59, in 2008, at An-Med Medical Center,
Anderson, South Carolina
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.
He and his wife, Donna Haisty Winchell, had two sons.Clyde Wilson Mark Royden Winchell, RIP Chroniclesmagazine.org. July 1, 2008. Accessed October 26, 2022.
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