Bergin, Thomas Goddard, 1904-1987 (Personal Name)

His Giovanni Verga.

His Under Scorpio, c1982: CIP t.p. (Thomas G. Bergin)

NUCMC data from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives for Fisch, M.H. Papers, 1928-67 (Thomas G. Bergin)

New York Times, 11/3/87 (Thomas G. Bergin, 82, authority on Dante, d. 10/30/87; Sterling Prof. of Romance Languages at Yale Univ.)

Wikipedia, May 30, 2013 (Thomas G. Bergin, born November 17,1904; died October 30, 1987; twentieth-century American scholar of Italian literature noted particularly for his research on Dante's Divine Comedy and for its translation. He was the Sterling Professor of Romance Languages at Yale University, and Master of Timothy Dwight College. He is the first poet to have his words launched into outer space to orbit the earth. Born: New Haven, Connecticut ; Died: Madison, Connecticut ; occupation: Translator, author, teacher, editor)