Lionel Basney

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  • Lionel Basney

    Lionel Basney (1946 – 1999) was a poet and professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Prior to his time at Calvin, Basney taught at Houghton College, where his father also taught before him. Basney was interested in Samuel Johnson, William Shakespeare, and Ned Ludd and the origins of the Luddite movement.

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