Alan Dugald McKillop

Background

McKillop, Alan Dugald was born on May 24, 1892 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dugald McKenzie and Katherine Jane (McKinnon) McKillop.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1913. AM, Harvard University, 1914. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1920.

Career

Instructor English, University of Illinois, 1917-1918; instructor English, Rice Institute, Houston, 1920-1924; assistant professor, Rice Institute, Houston, 1924-1930; professor, Rice Institute, Houston, 1930-1962; trustee distinguished professor, Rice Institute, Houston, from 1962. Visiting Professor of English summers University of Chicago, 1925-1962, Northwestern University, 1926, University Texas, 1930-1931, 48, John Hopkins University, 1932, 40, University of Minnesota, 1937, 39, 49, Harvard University, 1941, 52, Indiana U., 1947, U. Colorado, 1950, Columbia University,1961.

Achievements

• Alan Dugald McKillop has been listed as a notable Language educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The early masters of English fiction

    (Through separate treatment of Defoe, Richardson, Fielding...)

  • English Literature From Dryden To Burns

    (Appleton-Century Handbooks Of Literature.)

  • Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist.
  • Samuel Richardson: Printer and Novelist
  • Early Masters of English Fiction, The
  • The Early Masters of English Fiction
  • The Early Masters Of English Fiction
  • Samuel Richardson, printer and novelist,

Membership

Fellow Newberry Library. Member Modern Language Association American (editorial committee 1949-1953), South Center Modern Language Association (president 1950-1951), Texas Institute Letters, Houston Philosophical Society, Philosophical Society Texas, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Lorel Pruitt, August 27, 1921 (deceased August 1966).

Father:

Dugald McKenzie McKillop

Mother:

Katherine Jane (McKinnon) McKillop

Spouse:

Lorel Pruitt