Kerr, David

David Kerr was a contemporary of Jane, Lady Franklin (1892-1875) wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

From the guide to the David Kerr collection, 1849, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)

David Kerr was associate professor of mass communications at Hampshire College from 1972 to 2003. He has a BA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and MAs from Vanderbilt University and Indiana University. He worked as a reporter and editor and taught courses in journalism and the history of the American press. His educational interests include the role of the press in the debate over imperialism, travel and safari writings, issues in popular culture, and cultural studies. He retired from Hampshire in 2003. (Source: Hampshire College Catalog and Course Guide, 2002-2003)

From the guide to the David Kerr Research Materials on Liberation News Service and the Alternative Press, 1968-1977, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)