Jeffrey Meyers
University of Colorado (found online)
Birth: April 1, 1939 in New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2007.
Joseph Conrad: A Biography, Scribner (New York, NY), 1991.
Addresses: Home: Kensington, CA.
CAREER
Writer and educator. University of California, Los Angeles, assistant professor of English,
1963-65; University of Maryland, Far East Division, Tokyo, Japan, lecturer in English,
1965-66; Tufts University, Boston, MA, assistant professor of English, 1967-71; writer in
London, England,and Spain 1971-74; Christie's, London, in rare books department, 1974;
University of Colorado, Boulder, professor of English, 1975- 92; University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Jemison professor. Visiting professor, University of Kent, Canterbury, 197980, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1982-83; visiting scholar, University of
California, Berkeley, 1986- 87, 1992-94.
Laurence J. Davies
Birth: February 24, 1943 in Llanwrtyd, Wales
Occupation: Scholar
Source: Directory of American Scholars, 10th ed. Gale Group, 2002.
Updated: 01/01/2002
Family: Divorced Education: Univ Oxford, BA, 63; MA, 68; Univ Sussex, D Phil, 72.
Memberships: ICLA; MLA; Soc Utopian Stud; Joseph Conrad Soc US and UK.
Addresses: Contact: Comp Lit Prog, Dartmouth Col, 6051 Dartmouth Hall, Hanover,
NH, United States 03755 E-mail: laurence.davies@dartmouth.edu.
CAREER
Field of interest: Comparative Literature; Research: Modernist fiction; speculative fiction;
Anglo Celtic lit and politics; Career history: Sr teach fel, Monash Univ, Aust, 64-68; vis
asst prof, Dickinson Col, 75-77; vis asst prof, Dartmouth Col, 69-71; 77-; assoc prof,
Dartmouth Coll.
WORKS
Coauth, Cunninghame Graham: A Critical Biography, Cambridge Univ Press (79);
coauth, The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, Cambridge Univ Press (83), vol 1-5, vol
6-8 in progress; auth, "At Play in the Fields of our Ford: Utopian Dystopianism," in
Zanyatin, Huxley and Atwood; auth, "Seductions of the Word: Conrad's Kurtz, Soyinka's
Professor."; auth, "The Evils of a Long Peace: Longing for the Great War."; auth,
"Conrad Woman Readers."
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[Laurence Davies
1926Nationality: Welsh
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Entry Updated : 02/13/2001
LAURENCE DAVIES, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English in Glasgow
University and President of The Joseph Conrad Society (UK), serves on the Board of The
Cambridge Edition of Joseph Conrad, and is General Editor of the nine-volume The
Collected Eetters of Joseph Conrad (1981-2007). His work includes Cunninghame
Graham: A Critical Biography (with Cedric Watts, 1979).
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family: Born in 1926, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales; married Menna
Morgan. Education: Studied at University of Wales and University of London; studied
piano with Mark Hambourg, 1943-44. Military/Wartime Service: Royal Air Force, 1945.
Addresses: Home: 103 Minehead Ave., Sully, Glamorganshire, Wales.
CAREER
Monmouthshire, Wales, education officer, 1957-59; University of Wales, Cardiff, senior
lecturer in psychology, 1966--; freelance music critic.
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Liberal Studies and Higher Technology, University of Wales Press, 1965.
The Gallic Muse, Dent (London), 1967, A. S. Barnes (New York City), 1969.
Cesar Franck and His Circle, Houghton (Boston), 1970.
Ravel Orchestral Music, British Broadcasting Corp. (London), 1970, University
of Washington Press (Seattle), 1971.
Paths to Modern Music: Aspects of Music from Wagner to the Present Day,
Scribner (New York City), 1971.
Franck, Octagon Books (New York City), 1973.
(With Cedric Watts) Cunninghame Graham: A Critical Biography, Cambridge
University Press (New York City), 1979.
(Editor with Frederick R. Karl) The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad,
Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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Paul B. Armstrong
University of Oregon
Paul Bradford Armstrong
1949Also known as: Paul Bradford Armstrong, Paul B. Armstrong
Birth: October 31, 1949 in Morristown, New Jersey
Nationality: American
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2007.
Entry updated: 10/18/2007
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born October 31, 1949, in Morristown, N.J.; son of James H. and Asta (Jensen)
Armstrong; married Christina M. Buck (a contemporary quilter), January 2, 1971.
Education: Harvard University, A.B. (summa cum laude), 1971; Stanford University,
M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1977. Memberships: Modern Language Association of America,
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Phi Beta Kappa. Addresses: Home: 1055
McLynn Ave. N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30306. Office: Department of English, Georgia
Institute of Technology, 225 North Ave. N.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30332.
CAREER
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, assistant professor of English, 1976-83; Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, associate professor of English, 1983--.
Ross C. Murfin
University of Miami
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English Dept., So Methodist Univ., Rm 219 Perkin Admin Bldg. PO Box 750221, Dallas,
TX 75275-0001
rmurfin@mail.smu.edu
Michael Gorra (Edward) (Born 1957)
Teaching fellow in English at Stanford University
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Dept. of English, Smith college, Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA 01063
mgorra@smith.edu
Samuel Hynes
Samuel Hynes is a professor of English at Princeton (1999). His books include "The
Edwardian Turn of Mind", "The Auden Generation", "A War Imagined: the first world
war and English culture", "The Soldier's Tale" (all Pimlico) and "Flights of Passage"
(Bloomsbury), a memoir of his time as a marine bomber pilot in the Pacific. "The Thin
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Square and from 5 March nationwide.
Dept of English, Princeton Univ., 22 McCosh Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1006, USA
shynes@princeton.edu
Keith Carabine
University of Kent at Canterbury (2004)
Todd K. Bender
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University of Winsconsin, Madison, WI 53706
James W. Parins
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Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2801 S. Univ. Ave., Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
jwparins@ualr.edu
Bruce Harkness
Kent State Univ. (1982)
Nationality: American
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Entry Updated : 10/17/2001
Family: Born April 16, 1923, in Beaver Dam, WI; son of Reuben E. E. (a professor) and
Ruth (Thomas) Harkness; married Leslie F. Whitsit, April 24, 1943; children: Stephen,
Marguerite, Laura, Jonathan, Michael. Education: Attended Kalamazoo College, 1940-42,
Swarthmore College, 1942-43; University of Chicago, M.A., 1948, Ph.D., 1950. Politics:
Democrat. Military/Wartime Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1943-45. Memberships:
Modern Language Association of America, National Council of Teachers of English
(advisory committee for study of undergraduate English programs), Bibliographical
Society of London, Bibliographical Society of Virginia. Addresses: Home: 1925 Lake
Martin Dr., Kent, OH 44240. Office: Department of English, Kent State University,
Kent, OH.
CAREER
University of Illinois, Urbana, 1950-63, started as instructor, became professor of English
and director of graduate studies; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, professor of
English and chair of department, 1963-64; University of Illinois, professor of English and
associate dean, 1964-66; Kent State University, Kent, OH, dean of arts and sciences,
beginning 1966.
S. W. Reid
Kent State Univ.
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Norman Page
Nationality: English
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.
Entry Updated : 07/17/2003
High school teacher of English in England, 1951-60; Ripon College of Education,
Yorkshire, England, principal lecturer in English and head of department, 1960-69;
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, assistant professor, 1969-70,
associate professor, 1970-75, professor of English, 1975-85; University of Nottingham,
Nottingham, England, professor of modern English literature, 1985-93, head of
department, 1987-93, emeritus professor, 1993--.
Family: Born May 8, 1930, in Kettering, England; son of Frederick Arthur and Theresa
Ann (Price) Page; married Jean Hampton, March 29, 1958; children: Camilla, Benjamin,
Barnaby, Matthew. Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge, B.A., 1951, M.A., 1955;
University of Leeds, Ph.D., 1968. Addresses: Office: 23 Braunston Rd., Oakham,
Rutland LE15 6LD, England.
Martin Ray S(cott)
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Dept. of English, Univ. of Aberdeen, A32, Taylor Bldg., Aberdeen AB9 2UB,
Scotland.
m.ray@abdn.ac.uk
Allan Simmons (UK)
Owen Knowles (UK)
Theodore Billy
Geoffrey Galt Harpham
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Dept. of English, Tulane Univ. 6823 St. Charles Ave. , New Orleans, LA 70118
Email: harpham@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
Andrea White
Dept. of English, California State Univ., Northridge, CA 91330, USA
John Stape (UK and Canada)
John Batchelor (UK)
School of English Lit., Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, Language and Linguistics Perry
Bldg., Newcastle, Northd. NE1 7RU, England
j.b.batchelor@ncl.ac.uk
Cedric T. Watts (UK)
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