Herbert Douglas Austin
Herbert Douglas Austin (born July 24, 1876 in Erie (Pennsylvania) , † November 17, 1960 in Los Angeles ) was an American Romanist and Italianist.
life and work
Austin studied at Princeton University , as well as in Florence and Paris. He received his doctorate in 1911 from Johns Hopkins University with the work Accredited citations in Ristoro d'Arezzo's Composizione del mondo. A study of sources (Turin 1913). From 1911 to 1920 he was an Instructor and Assistant Professor in Romance Languages at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . Then he went to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and was professor there until his retirement in 1945. He taught Latin, Vulgar Latin, Old French, New French and Italian.
Austin was the editor of Italica magazine from 1928 to 1934 . In 1933 he was President of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast and in 1934 President of the American Association of Teachers of Italian.
Other works
- A French grammar for students and teachers , Dubuque, Iowa 1949
literature
- Lawrence M. Riddle, [Appreciation] in: Italica 21, September 1946, pp. 129–135 (with list of publications)
- Frank C. Baxter, [obituary] in: Italica 38, 1961, pp. 81–83 (there date of death 1960)
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austin, Herbert Douglas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romanist and Italianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th November 1960 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |