Noel Polk

Polk was a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi and the editor of The Southern Quarterly. He was one of the world's leading experts on William Faulkner. Born in Picayune, Mississippi, he received his B.A. in 1965 and his M.A.in 1966 from Mississippi College. In 1970 he earned his Ph.D.from the University of South Carolina. He died in 2012 of cancer. February 23, 1943 - August 21, 2012