Background
Lovell, Ernest James was born on August 28, 1918 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Son of Ernest James and Virgie (Figgatt) Lovell.
Lovell, Ernest James was born on August 28, 1918 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Son of Ernest James and Virgie (Figgatt) Lovell.
Bachelor of Arts, Duke, 1939. Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1946.
Faculty, University Texas, 1947-1975, Professor of English, 1962-1975. Visiting Carnegie Professor of English, Columbia, 1955-1956. Visiting professor U. North Carolina, 1957.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1944. Member Modern Language Association, Keats-Shelley Association, Byron Society England (American committee).
Married Calista Belle Biles, August 5, 1943. Children: Anne Figgatt (Mistress Frederick Albert Matsen III), James Lloyd.