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Revision as of 19:52, 9 March 2014
Bertrand Harris Bronson (1902 - March 14, 1986) was an American academic and professor in the English department at the University of California, Berkeley. After studying at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, he spent 3 years at Oriel College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was awarded his PhD by Yale University in 1927.[1] He then became an Instructor in English at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a promotion to Assistant Professor in 1928.[2]
His honours while at the University of California, Berkeley included a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1943 and honorary degrees from Laval University, the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. Bronson specialised in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Samuel Johnson, with his book Johnson on Shakespeare being published shortly after his death. He died on March 14, 1986.[1]
References
- ^ a b "University of California: In Memoriam, 1986". CaliSphere. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Bertrand H. Bronson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2014.