Richmond C. Beatty (January 6, 1905 – October 9, 1961) was an American academic, biographer and critic.
[1][2][3] He grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father, William Henry Beatty, was a "cotton buyer.
[1][3] He subsequently attended Vanderbilt University, where he earned a master's degree in 1928 and a PhD in 1930.
[1][3] Beatty began his career as an English professor at Tennessee State Teachers College (later known as the University of Memphis) from 1930 to 1935.
[1][3] He retired from academia in 1956, and he joined the staff of The Tennessean as the literary editor.