Background
Angoff, Charles was born on April 22, 1902 in Minsk, Russia. Son of Jacob Joseph and Anna (Pollack) Angoff.
Angoff, Charles was born on April 22, 1902 in Minsk, Russia. Son of Jacob Joseph and Anna (Pollack) Angoff.
Came to the United States, 1909, naturalized, 1923. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University. Doctor of Letters, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1966.
Carol Angoff Gallin. Newspaperman on Boston papers, 1923. Assistant editor American Mercury, 1925-1931, managing editor, 1931-1934, editor, 1934-1935. Member editorial board Nation, 1935-1936.
Editor American Spectator, 1936.
Contributing editor North. American Review, 1938-1940. American commentator The Living Age, 1938-1940.
Managing editor American Mercury, 1943-1950. Executive editor Mercury Publs.
1950-1951; advisory editor True Crime Detective, 1950-1951.
Managing editor Book of Wit and Humor, 1950-1951. Lecturer English, U. Kansas City, 1949, 50. Lecturer U. New Hampshire (U.S.), 1951-1961.
Adjunct Professor of English, Wagner College, 1955-1956.
Professor of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1954-1976, chief editor Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press, 1967-1976. Adjunct Professor literature New York University, 1958-1966.
Advisor Jewish Book Guild, 1949-1976, Marquis Biographical Society, 1969. Scholar-in-residence U. Vermont, 1976, visiting Professor of English, 1977-1978.
Visiting Professor of English, Yeshiva University, 1975-1979.
Member editorial board Nation, 1935-1936. Fellow Jewish Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Poetry Society American (president 1969-1972).
Married Sara F. Freedman, June 13, 1943.