Marion Bonner Mitchell (28 November 1926 – 3 October 2014) was an American literary scholar specializing in French and Italian literature of the Renaissance period.

Mitchell was born in Livingston, Texas, on 28 November 1926 to parents Jewel Clarence and Verna Bonner Mitchell. He completed bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas at Austin before obtaining a doctorate at Ohio State University. During his studies, Mitchell received the Fulbright Scholarship in Paris. He returned to the city for military service as a railway station interpreter during the Korean War. Mitchell joined the University of Missouri faculty in 1958, was later elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and upon retirement, was granted emeritus status. He died on 3 October 2014.

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People from Livingston, Texas

University of Texas at Austin alumni

Historians from Texas

American literary historians

1928 births

2014 deaths

20th-century American male writers

20th-century American historians

Historians of French literature

Historians of Italy

Ohio State University alumni

University of Missouri faculty

Historians of the Renaissance

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