Warner Forrest Patterson
Warner Forrest Patterson (born December 9, 1896 in Atlantic Highlands , Monmouth County , New Jersey , † February 5, 1949 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American Romanist .
life and work
Patterson attended high school in Reims , where his grandfather was the American consul. He studied at Taylor University in Upland ( Indiana ), also at Columbia University and at the University of Michigan . He taught at a high school from 1917 to 1919. In 1920 he went to the University of Michigan as an instructor for French and Spanish. In 1930 he received his doctorate from Columbia University with the thesis Three centuries of French poetic theory. A critical history of the chief arts of poetry in France 1328-1630 (2 vols., Ann Arbor 1935, 3 vols., New York 1966) and rose to Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan , and in 1936 to Associate Professor. He died at the age of 52.
Patterson was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences d'Aix-en-Provence (1933).
Other works
- (Ed. With Arthur Graves Canfield ) French Poems , New York 1941
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patterson, Warner Forrest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlantic Highlands , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1949 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor , Michigan |