Background
Booth, Bradford Allen was born on April 9, 1909 in Pittsburgh. Son of Bradford Allen and Margaret (Youngson) Booth.
Booth, Bradford Allen was born on April 9, 1909 in Pittsburgh. Son of Bradford Allen and Margaret (Youngson) Booth.
Bachelor of Science, Allegheny College, 1930, Doctor of Letters, 1960. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1935.
Instructor University of Tennessee, 1935-1936. Instructor University of California, Los Angeles, 1936-1940, assistant professor, 1940-1948, associate professor, 1948-1954, professor, 1954-1968, chairman department of English, 1965-1968. Founder and editor Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 1945-1968.
Visiting professor University of Minnesota, 1952.
Committee on literature selection Huntington Hartford Foundation, 1953-1968. Grantee American Council Learned Societies, 1944, American Philosophical Society, 1947.
Recipient Guggenheim fellowship, 1960-1961. Faculty athletic representative Pacific Coast Conference, 1956-1959.
Faculty athletic representative Athletic Association Western Universities, 1959-1968, president, 1962-1963.
Vice president, member of council National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1965-1968.
Member Modern Language Association (editorial consultant publications), National Council Teachers English, College English Association Kappa Psi.
Married Josephine Conduitte, June 10, 1939. Children: Barbara Allen, Celia Belle, Carol Lee.