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Lincoln scholar Dr. Loren Eiseley dies at 69 in Philadelphia
Dr. Loren C. Eiseley world renowned anthropologist and humanist died after surgery at University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a Benjamin Franklin professor of anthropology and curator of Penn's University Museum. Eiseley authored The Immense Journey and The Unexpected Universe and was Lincoln's poet laureate during his NU years. He married Mabel Langdon of Lincoln and had deep ties to Nebraska science and literature.
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