Maxwell Geismar

Maxwell David Geismar (August 1, 1909 – July 1979) was an American writer, literary critic and biographer of Mark Twain.^[1][2] He also penned the introduction to Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice.^[3] A teacher at Sarah Lawrence College for many years, he signed "The Triple Revolution", sent to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Maxwell Geismar
Born	August 1, 1909 (1909-08) New York, New York, U.S.
Died	July 24, 1979 (1979-07-25) (aged 69) Harrison, New York
Alma mater	Columbia University Harvard University
Genre	literary criticism and biography
Notable works	Biography of Mark Twain
Notable awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (1942)