Francis Hovey Stoddard Papers 1905-1937

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Francis Hovey Stoddard Papers 1905-1937

Francis Harvey Stoddard served as Professor of English Language and Literature at New York University from 1888-1914 and retired as Professor Emeritus. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of the College of Arts and Pure Science (subsequently the College of Arts and Science) from 1910-1914. Stoddard published widely on topics of English literature, language, and poetry and was considered one of the great teachers of NYU. His papers consist of lecture notes taken by his students as well as biographical material.

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Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936

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Francis Hovey Stoddard, university educator and administrator, was born on April 25, 1847, in Middlebury, Vermont, the son of Solomon and Francis Elizabeth (Greenwood) Stoddard. Between 1884 and 1886 Stoddard studied English philology at Oxford University, England. In 1869 he earned the A.B. degree from Amherst College. After graduating Stoddard taught in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was later employed in the cotton manufacturing business there. In 1873 he married Lucy Maria Smit...