author
Homer Heath Nugent
b. 1893
Best known for editing A Book of Exposition in 1922, this early 20th-century American writer and teacher worked to make clear, practical prose accessible to students. Though little biographical detail survives, his published work still turns up in classic-literature and public-domain collections.
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A Book of Exposition
by Homer Heath Nugent
About the author
Born on October 27, 1893, Homer Heath Nugent was an American editor and writer. His name is most closely linked with A Book of Exposition (1922), a collection prepared for students of writing and rhetoric.
The book identifies him as an instructor in English at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which suggests that teaching and composition were central to his professional life. Rather than being remembered for a large body of popular works, he seems to have made his mark through educational writing and editorial work designed to help readers understand clear exposition.
Available records about Nugent are limited, but memorial listings give his lifespan as 1893 to 1945. That relative obscurity makes his surviving work all the more interesting: it offers a small window into how English and writing were taught in the United States in the early 20th century.