Benjamin Mather Woodbridge
Benjamin Mather Woodbridge (born November 5, 1884 in Williamstown , Massachusetts , † December 11, 1969 in Berkeley , California ) was an American Romance studies and literary scholar .
life and work
Woodbridge studied at Harvard University with Gustave Lanson . He received his doctorate in 1913 with the thesis La vie et les oeuvres de Gatien de Courtilz, Sieur du Verger (Baltimore / Paris 1925, New York 1973). From 1922 to 1952 he was a professor at Reed College in Portland (Oregon) .
From 1927 to 1928 he stayed in Belgium, where he met Maurice Wilmotte , Gustave Charlier , Franz Hellens (1881–1972) and Maurice Gauchez (1884–1957). In 1937 he founded the Bibliotheca Belgica (Belgian Collection) at Reed College. Increasing blindness hindered his later research.
Woodbridge was a member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique from 1946 . He was honorary president of the Association des amis de Jean Tousseul (1890–1944). A residence hall at Reed College is named after him.
Benjamin Mather Woodbridge was the father of the novelist Benjamin Mather Woodbridge, Jr.
Other works
- (Ed.) La Semeuse , Chicago 1928 (anthology)
- Le roman belge contemporain. Cinq romanciers Flamands: Charles de Coster, Camille Lemonnier, Georges Eekhoud, Eugène Demolder, Georges Virrès , Brussels 1930
literature
- [Obituary] in: Bulletin de l'Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises 48, 1970, pp. 5-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodbridge, Benjamin Mather |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Williamstown , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1969 |
| Place of death | Berkeley , California |