Carnochan, W. B.
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Educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1953, A.M. 1957, and Ph.D. 1960), W. B. Carnochan joined the English faculty at Stanford University in 1960. He chaired the English department from 1971-73 and has served the University as dean of graduate studies and vice-provost, 1975-80, and director of the Stanford Humanities Center, 1985-1991.
A scholar of the eighteenth century, his published books include Gibbon's Solitude: The Inward World of the Historian (1987), Confinement and Flight: An Essay on English Literature of the Eighteenth Century (1977), and Lemuel Gulliver's Mirror For Man (1968). Other works include The Battleground of the Curriculum: Liberal Education and American Experience (1993) and Momentary Bliss: an American Memoir (1999).
From the guide to the W. B. Carnochan papers, 1928-1998, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)
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| referencedIn | Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Stanford Humanities Center. Stanford Humanities Center audio-visual materials, 1989-2006. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Kirkcaldy Burgh School. Orations delivered by Mr. David Millar's scholars at Kirkcaldy, ca. 1749-1750. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Loken, Ralph O. Ralph Loken correspondence with W.B. and Brigitte Hoy Carnochan, 1998-2006. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford Humanities Center audio-visual materials, 1989-2006 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | W. B. Carnochan papers, 1928-1998 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. Adlai Stevenson autograph postcard signed to W. B. Carnochan, 1957 July 22. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Carnochan, W. B. Correspondence about the Carnochan family genealogy, 1999-2007. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | OAC Review Index. Alumni, OAC Review, v.31, no.4, Dec. 1918, p.187-190. | University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library | |
| referencedIn | Carnochan family. Carnochan family papers, 1716-2007. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Scowcroft, Richard. Richard Scowcroft papers, 1939-2000. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. Autobiography : parallel texts for collation, 1987. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Bate, Walter Jackson, 1918-1999 | person |
| associatedWith | Brooks, Peter, 1938- | person |
| associatedWith | Brown, Emerson, 1934- | person |
| associatedWith | Carnahan family. | family |
| associatedWith | Carnochan, Brigitte Hoy. | person |
| associatedWith | Carnochan family. | family |
| associatedWith | Carnochan, John McDowell, | person |
| associatedWith | Carnochan, John Murray, 1817-1887. | person |
| associatedWith | Carnochan, Samuel, 1814-1902. | person |
| associatedWith | Dennis, Douglas. | person |
| correspondedWith | Eccles, Mary Hyde. | person |
| associatedWith | Ford, Newell F., 1912- | person |
| associatedWith | Frost, William, 1917- | person |
| associatedWith | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. | person |
| associatedWith | Heron, Robert, 1764-1807. | person |
| associatedWith | Hutcheon, Linda, 1947- | person |
| associatedWith | Kirkcaldy Burgh School. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Loken, Ralph O. | person |
| associatedWith | Morris family. | family |
| associatedWith | Morris, Lewis, 1671-1746. | person |
| associatedWith | Murray family. | family |
| associatedWith | OAC Review Index. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ohmann, Richard M. (Richard Malin), 1931- | person |
| associatedWith | Pierce, Charles E. | person |
| associatedWith | Scowcroft, Richard. | person |
| associatedWith | Spacks, Patricia Ann Meyer. | person |
| associatedWith | Stanford Humanities Center. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stanford University | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stanford University. Press. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965. | person |
| associatedWith | Stimpson, Catharine R., 1936- | person |
| associatedWith | Vieth, David M. | person |
| associatedWith | Vojnovski, Pamela. | person |
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