Hustvedt, Sigurd B.

Hustvedt was born in 1882; a native of Iowa, he graduated from Luther College; began graduate work at UC Berkeley in 1911, and in 1912 began studying at Harvard Univ., receiving his Ph. D in 1915; awarded the Parker Fellowship in Comparative Literature (1914-15) for ballad study in Britain and Scandinavia; returned to teach at the Univ. of Illinois, but left to serve as captain in WWI; resumed teaching at the Univ. of Minnesota, and in 1921 left to join the English dept. at the University of California's newly established Southern Branch; helped to found the California Folklore Society in 1942 and served as editor of its journal; wrote Ballad criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain during the eighteenth century (1916), Ballad books and ballad men : raids and rescues in Britain, America and the Scandinavian north since 1800 (1930), and A melodic index of Child's ballad tunes (1936); retired in 1949; he died on Oct. 4, 1954.

Biography

Hustvedt was born in 1882; a native of Iowa, he graduated from Luther College; began graduate work at Universtiy of California at Berkeley in 1911, and in 1912 began studying at Harvard University, receiving his Ph.D in 1915; awarded the Parker Fellowship in Comparative Literature (1914-15) for ballad study in Britain and Scandinavia; returned to teach at the University of Illinois, but left to serve as captain in World War I; resumed teaching at the University of Minnesota, and in 1921 left to join the English department at the University of California's newly established Southern Branch; helped to found the California Folklore Society in 1942 and served as editor of its journal; wrote Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain During the Eighteenth Century (1916), Ballad Books and Ballad Men: Raids and Rescues in Britain, America and the Scandinavian North Since 1800 (1930), and A Melodic Index of Child's Ballad Tunes (1936); retired in 1949; he died on October 4, 1954.