Question: Thomas Parker Sanborn was a model for the protagonist in the only novel by a poet originally from what country?

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Thomas Parker Sanborn
Thomas Parker Sanborn ( ; February 24, 1865 - March 2, 1889) was an American poet.
 The eldest son of abolitionist, social scientist, and memorialist of American transcendentalism Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Thomas became a close friend of philosopher George Santayana and was a model for the protagonist in Santayana's only novel, The Last Puritan.
 With five college friends, Thomas founded "The Harvard Monthly".
Jamie Parker (politician)
Jamie Thomas Parker is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain for the Greens since 2011.
 Parker is the first Green to represent his party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Henry Meyer
Henry Meyer (1840–1925) was a poet originally from
T. Parker Host, Sr.
Thomas Parker Host, Sr. (1892–1963) was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 3, 1940 to February 13, 1942.
 Prior to serving as mayor, he was the founder and owner of T. Parker Host, Inc., a maritime management company that served as an agent for liner services transporting goods through the ports of Hampton Roads.
 This company is now run by his son, T. Parker Host, Jr., and grandsons Tom and David.
Hugh McCulloch (poet)
Hugh McCulloch (March 9, 1869 – March 27, 1902) was an American poet.
 Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on March 2, 1869.
 He was the grandson of Hugh McCulloch who was Sec.
 of the Treasury under Lincoln, Johnson, and later Arthur.
 He attended Harvard University and served as an English assistant there from 1892 to 1894.
 He later went abroad to devote himself to his literary work.
 Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites and decadents, his verse was praised for its "careful technique and reserve power."
 His first volume, "the Quest of Heracles and Other Poems", was published in 1893.
 He died on March 27, 1902 in Florence, Italy, shortly before he would have turned 33.
 Soon after, a volume of his last poems, composed while in Florence, "Written in Florence: the Last Verses of Hugh McCulloch", was published.
 McCulloch was a member of a group of Harvard poets, described by George Santayana as having been "alone against the world", who died young, including George Cabot Lodge, Trumbull Stickney, Thomas Parker Sanborn and Philip Henry Savage.
Jim Parker (American football)
James Thomas Parker (April 3, 1934 – July 18, 2005) was an American football player.
 He played college football at Ohio State University from 1954 to 1956 and in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore Colts from 1957 to 1967.
 Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George Santayana
Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana ( or ; December 16, 1863September 26, 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
 Originally from Spain, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States from the age of eight and identified himself as an American, although he always kept a valid Spanish passport.
 He wrote in English and is generally considered an American man of letters.
 At the age of forty-eight, Santayana left his position at Harvard and returned to Europe permanently, never to return to the United States.
 His last wish was to be buried in the Spanish pantheon in Rome.
Thomas Parker (Maine)
Thomas Parker (1783-1860) was a judge, writer, and philanthropist from Maine, who is the namesake of Parker Hall at Bates College.
Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield
Thomas Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician.
Pitts Sanborn
Pitts Sanborn (1879–1941), was born John Pitts Sanborn in Port Huron, Michigan.
 He dropped the "John" for most of his professional career.
 After graduating Harvard in 1900, he established himself as a music critic, writing for the New York Globe, New York Mail and finally New York World-Telegram.
 As a poet he was published in "Trend", for which he served as an editorial staffer beginning in 1914.
 As a novelist, his 1929 novel "Prima Donna" was called by one New York Times critic “an amazing achievement; nothing quite like it has been done in this country before.”
 He went on to put Sanborn in the same league with Willa Cather, Edith Wharton and Thornton Wilder.
 Sanborn was remarked upon as one of the great originals of 1920’s-30's culture.
 Sanborn’s wealth of connections in intellectual and cultural circles included Van Wyck Brooks, Rosa Ponselle, Mark Van Doren and Llewelyn Jones.
 His friendship with Wallace Stevens (whom he met at Harvard) included a great influence upon Stevens’ interest in music and thus his poetry.
 He was a good friend and sometimes lover of Carl Van Vechten, who he convinced to assume editorship of "Trend".
 He was also a radio commentator for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
 Sanborn died at 61 of an apparent heart attack in his Greenwich Village apartment a few hours after he had attended a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House.
 He had just completed the first paragraph of his review.

Answer: Spain