Turner, Arlin.

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Birth 1909
Americans,
English,

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General Career Biography

1909 Born November 25 in Abilene, Tex. 1927 Received B.A. from West Texas State University 1930 Received M.A. from the University of Texas 1934 Received Ph.D. from the University of Texas 1934 1936 Instructor at the University of Texas 1936 1953 Professor of English at Louisiana State University 1941 Published Hawthorne as Editor 1942 1946 Served in U.S. Naval Reserve 1947 1948 Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1951 Visiting Professor, University of Montreal. Visiting Professor, University of Colorado 1952 Awarded Fulbright appointment to University of Western Australia 1953 1979 Professor of English, Duke University 1956 Published George W. Cable: A Biography 1957 Visiting Professor, University of Texas 1958 Visiting Professor, University of Virginia 1958 1964 Chairman, Duke University Department of English 1959 1960 Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1960 Published Mark Twain and George W. Cable: The Record of a Literary Friendship 1961 Visiting Professor, University of Illinois 1961 Published Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Introduction and Interpretation 1962 Visiting Professor, University of Iowa 1963 Visiting Professor, New York University 1964 Visiting Professor, University of Bombay 1966 1967 Awarded Fulbright appointment to University of Hull, Hull, England 1968 Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania 1969 Huntington Library Research Award 1973 1974 Awarded Senior Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities 1974 Awarded James B. Duke Professorship 1976 Received Doctor of Humane Letters from Berea College, Ky. 1978 Visiting Professor, State University of New York 1979 Appointed Therese Kayser Lindsey Professor of Literature, Southwest Texas State University 1980 Published Nathaniel Hawthorne, a biography. 1980 Died, April 24 in Austin, Tex.

Organizational Service Biography

The following lists selected offices and leadership roles held by Turner in professional organizations as documented in this collection. Turner was active in other professional groups that are not represented in his papers. The dates reflect the years of the highest positions he held and do not represent the total period of his membership or leadership. The organizations are listed alphabetically.

1956 1967 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Regional Associate, 1956-1967 Fellowship Selection Committee, 1961-1963, 1965-1966 1954 1979 American Literature Managing Editor, 1954-1963 Editor, 1969-1979 1955 1972 American Studies Association (ASA) Advisory Council, 1955-1957, 1967-1972 Executive Committee, 1958-1959 Vice President, 1969-1970 1956 1968 Committee for International Exchange of Persons, (CIEP), Conference Board of Associated Research Councils (CBC) Member, Committee for American Studies 1956-1960, 1962-1963, 1967-1968 Chairman, Committee for American Studies, 1957-1960 1949 1967 Modern Language Association (MLA) Secretary, American Literature Section, 1949-1967 Chairman, American Literature Section, 1966-1967 1961 1966 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Director, 1961-1964 Director, Commission on Literature, 1964-1966 1968 1976 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman, Fellowship Selection Committee, 1968-1972 Member, Advisory Panel on Media Programs, 1976 1956 1957 South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Chairman, American Literature Section, 1956-1957 1956 1979 South Atlantic Quarterly Member, Editorial Board 1956-1979 1955 1972 Southeastern American Studies Association (SEASA) Vice-President, 1955-1956, 1968-1970 President, 1956-1957, 1970-1972

Henry Arlin Turner, a professor of English and Literature, is best known for his scholarship on Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Washington Cable. His interests also included Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Southern Literature, and American Humor writings. Turner authored, edited, or reviewed an extensive list of publications on these subjects, in addition to the monographs listed above.

From the guide to the Arlin Turner Papers, 1927-1980, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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