David Morton
Medical ethicist
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| Intro | Medical ethicist | |
| is | Ethicist | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 17 January 1943 | |
| Age | 82 years |
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David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet.
Born in Elkton, Kentucky, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909. Morton played on the varsity football team. After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville Courier-Journal, he became a teacher in the high school at Morristown, New Jersey. Beginning in 1924, he taught at Amherst College.
His work appeared in Harper's Magazine. He is noted for having written a fan letter to Dashiell Hammett.