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|birth_date=9 September 1907
|birth_date=9 September 1907
|death_date=5 September 1997
|death_date=5 September 1997
|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|death_place=Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
|death_place=Honolulu, Hawaii
|known_for=Biography of Henry James
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Right|thumb|125px|Cover of volume one of Leon Edel's five-volume biography of Henry James, Avon Books paperback edition 1978 Edel was born on 9 September 1907 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Fannie (Malamud) and Simon Edel. In it Edel, who was born in Pittsburgh to Russian parents, writes about his arrival to Camp Ritchie, his training at the MITC, and then his transfer to Camp Sharpe, where we joined one of the Mobile Radio Broadcasting teams.
In it Edel, who was born in Pittsburgh to Russian parents, writes about his arrival to Camp Ritchie, his training at the MITC, and then his transfer to Camp Sharpe, where we joined one of the Mobile Radio Broadcasting teams.


For the academic year 1965–1966, he was a fellow on the faculty at the Center for Advanced Studies of Wesleyan University. And at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (1972–1978). Edel enjoyed privileged access to letters and documents from James' life housed in the Widener Library at Harvard University, after gaining the blessing of members of James' family.
For the academic year 1965–1966, he was a fellow on the faculty at the Center for Advanced Studies of Wesleyan University. And at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (1972–1978). Edel enjoyed privileged access to letters and documents from James' life housed in the Widener Library at Harvard University, after gaining the blessing of members of James' family.
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* Henry James scholar
* Henry James scholar
* Author, "The Visitable Past"
* Author, "The Visitable Past"
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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== Timeline ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==