| Richard Johnson | |
|---|---|
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Full name |
Richard August Johnson |
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Alternative names |
Richard A. Johnson |
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Presence on Earth |
1937–2006 |
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BA |
Swarthmore College 1959 |
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Ph.D. |
Cornell University 1965 |
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Role(s) |
Mount Carroll period alum |
Richard Johnson was a student at Shimer College in the early Great Books period, listed with the class year of 1957.
Brief description[]
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Richard August Johnson (1937–2006) was a professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, and the author of books on composition and the poetry of W.H. Auden. He received his undergraduate education at Shimer College, where he enrolled before finishing high school due to Shimer's pioneering program of early entrance to college, completing his degree at Swarthmore in 1959. He completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1965; in the same year, he began teaching at Mount Holyoke, where he remained for the duration of his career. (from Shimer College Wiki)
Profiled[]
Biography[]
Works[]
- Man's Place: An Essay on Auden (1973)
- Finding Common Ground (1996)
References[]
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