Werner, William Louser, 1894-1965
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William L. Werner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 20, 1894. He received a bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College in 1915 and served in France with the 316th Infantry during World War I. He was an instructor in English at Penn State in 1920, earning a master's degree in 1922. Following Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee's retirement in 1928, he assumed much of Dr. Pattee's work in American literature. He was made a full professor of American literature in 1936 and retired in 1959 as professor emeritus of American literature. Professor Werner was a member of the University Faculty Senate and the Faculty Advisory Council. He served as president of the College English Association, and was also a member of the Modern Language Association, the Pennsylvania German Society, and the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. For more than twenty-five years he published a weekly column titled "The Bookworm" in the Centre Daily Times. He died in 1965.
From the description of William L. Werner papers, 1926-1964. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 318990140
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correspondedWith | American Literature |
associatedWith | Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. |
associatedWith | Dye, William S. |
associatedWith | Fisher, Mahlon Leonard, 1874-1947. |
associatedWith | Harrison, Oliver, 1888-1971. |
associatedWith | Holly, James F. |
associatedWith | MacRae, Wendell, 1896-1980. |
associatedWith | Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. |
correspondedWith | Nichols, Edward J. (Edward Jay), 1900-1986. |
associatedWith | Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1960. |
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Birth 1894-01-20
Death 1965-04
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