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Russel Blaine Nye | |
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| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
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| Fields | English and American Culture |
| Institutions | Michigan State University |
Russel B. Nye (1913–1993) was an English professor who pioneered in American cultural studies. He is the author of a dozen books, and his book George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for biography.[1]
Nye received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1934 and his master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in English the following year. In 1938 he married Kathryn Chaney, and in 1940 he completed his doctorate on George Bancroft again at the University of Wisconsin.[2] Nye taught in the English Department at Michigan State University from 1941 to 1979.
Notes
- ^ Pulitzer Prize entry
- ^ "Russel B(laine) Nye - 1913-1993" Contemporary Authors Gale
Sources
- Obituary in the New York Times [1]
- Herder, Dale (1994) "A Tribute to Russel B. Nye 1913 -- 1993" MSU Alumni Magazine Winter 1994
- Brief Biography on the Wisconsin Library Association's web site [2]
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