author
Homer Heath Nugent
b. 1893
Best remembered for editing an early twentieth-century guide to clear, practical writing, this American teacher helped shape how exposition was taught to students. His surviving work points to a classroom-focused mind interested in making complex subjects easier to explain.
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A Book of Exposition
by Homer Heath Nugent
About the author
Homer Heath Nugent was an American educator and writer born in 1893. He is chiefly associated with A Book of Exposition (1922), a collection designed to teach explanatory writing through examples drawn from science, technology, and everyday processes.
The book identifies him as a Laflin Instructor in English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which places his work squarely in an academic setting. Its preface also suggests a collaborative, teaching-centered project, with Nugent editing material meant to be useful rather than showy.
Reliable biographical detail on his wider life appears to be limited in the sources I could confirm here. A memorial record indexed under his name gives dates of 1893–1945, but because the available evidence is sparse, it is safest to present him mainly as an early twentieth-century English instructor and editor whose known legacy rests on helping students learn clear exposition.