William Morton Dey
William Morton Dey (born June 23, 1880 in Norfolk (Virginia) , † 1961 ) was an American Romanist .
life and work
Dey studied at the University of Virginia and received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1906 with the work The history of the prefix por- in Old French (published ud T. The Latin prefix "pro" in French, in: Studies in Philology 12, 1915, No. 4). From 1909 to 1949 he was (the first) Professor of Romance Philology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , most recently as Kenan Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures.
Dey was a Knight of the Legion of Honor (1949). In Chapel Hill, Dey Hall is named after him.
Other works
- (Eds.) Benjamin Constant, Adolphe , New York 1918
- (with André Béziat de Bordes [1870–1924]) French grammar , Richmond 1927
literature
- Romance studies presented to William Morton Dey on the occasion of his seventieth birthday by his colleagues and former students , ed. by Urban Tigner Holmes, Jr. , Alfred Garvin Engstrom, and Sturgis Elleno Leavitt , Chapel Hill 1950
- [Obituary] in: Studies in Philology 58, 2, 1961, pp. 93-94
Web links
- William Morton Dey (1880-1961) and Dey Hall (with picture)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dey, William Morton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norfolk (Virginia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1961 |