Frederick King Turgeon
Frederick King Turgeon (born December 26, 1901 in Auburn , Androscoggin County , Maine , United States , † July 10, 1987 in Amherst , Hampshire County , Massachusetts , United States) was an American Romanist .
life and work
Turgeon received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1929 with the work Fanny de Beauharnais (published by T. Fanny de Beauharnais . Biographical Notes and a Bibliography, in: Modern Philology 30, 1932-1933, pp. 61-80). He was Professor of French at Amherst College from 1926 to 1969 . From 1970 a prize was named after him there (Frederick King Turgeon Prize).
Turgeon was married to the cookbook author Charlotte Turgeon (1912-2009), who was very successful in the United States.
Other works
- (Ed. With Arthur Chew Gilligan) The principal comedies of Molière , New York 1935
- (Ed.) French one-act plays of today , New York 1939 (Sée.Romains.d'Hervilliers.Vildrac)
- French review for reading knowledge , New York 1942
- Cours pratique de français , New York / London 1947, 1951
- (Ed.) Quatre pièces modern en un acte , New York 1951 (Roger-Marx.d'Hervilliez / Cleray.Cocteau.Giraudoux)
- (Ed.) Cinq comédies du Moyen âge à nos jours , New York 1964
Web links
- https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/french/history/history_part_4 (with picture)
- http://www.siefar.org/dictionnaire/fr/Marie-Anne-Fran%C3%A7oise_Mouchard_de_Chaban
literature
- Who's who in Massachusetts. Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Boston, 1940, p. 769.
- Harvard University: Harvard Magazine. : Volume 90. J. Bartlett, Cambridge, Mass., 1987, p. 121.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turgeon, Frederick King |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auburn , Androscoggin County , Maine , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1987 |
| Place of death | Amherst , Hampshire County , Massachusetts , United States |