Iver Nicholas Nelson
Iver Nicholas Nelson (born January 2, 1893 - September 27, 1970 in Davis (California) ) was an American Romanist and Hispanist .
life and work
Nelson studied ancient languages at Washington University in St. Louis and taught in Tennessee . He then studied Spanish at the University of Missouri in Columbia (Missouri) and taught there with a master's degree as an instructor. After brief guest appearances at the Kansas State Teachers' College (today: Emporia State University Teachers College) and at Westminster College in Fulton (Missouri) , he received his doctorate in 1934 at the University of California at Berkeley with the thesis A study of the language of Fray Juan de Pineda's Agricultura Christiana (published in part in: Hispanic Review) and taught from 1934 until his retirement in 1960 at the University of California, Davis , first as an instructor for Spanish and French, from 1952 as professor and head of the Department of Foreign Languages. After suffering a stroke, he spent the last ten years of his life in a wheelchair.
Web links
- Obituary at the University of California (English)
- Entry in New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelson, Iver Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance philologist and Hispanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1893 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1970 |
| Place of death | Davis , California , United States |