{{Short description|American scholar (1884–1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} '''George Wiley Sherburn''' (1884 – November 28 1962) was an American scholar of eighteenth-century English literature. He was a specialist of Alexander Pope.<ref name="ref1"/> He was an English professor at Harvard University and chairman of the Harvard English Department from 1945 to 1947.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web |date=December 1, 1962 |title=George W. Sherburn, Former Professor, Dies at Age of 78 |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1962/12/1/george-w-sherburn-former-professor-dies/ |access-date=4 September 2021 |website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1962 |title=Dr. G.W. Sherburn, Educator, is Dead |pages=38 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/29/archives/dr-gw-sherburn-educator-is-dead-former-head-of-harvards-english.html}}</ref>
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