Background
Haywood, Bruce was born on September 30, 1925 in York, England. Son of Joseph Edgar and Eva (Street) Haywood. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1957.
(A charming and thoughtful gaze back across the Atlantic a...)
A charming and thoughtful gaze back across the Atlantic at a very specific place in time -- Bruce Haywood's home ground, an English coal mining town of the 1930's and 40's. The peculiar human ways of that place and its people come across clearly and endearingly in this lively memoir. The process of becoming American and seeing his old home ground anew, through American eyes, is an insightful thread woven throughout.
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Haywood, Bruce was born on September 30, 1925 in York, England. Son of Joseph Edgar and Eva (Street) Haywood. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1957.
Raised in Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire in 1925, Haywood served with British Army intelligence corps near Bremerhaven in northern Germany for twenty-seven months at the end of World World War II, then attended the University of Leeds. He then went on to McGill University, where he studied under Willem Graff for his bachelor"s and masters degrees in 1950.
He then moved on to Harvard University, where he completed his doctorate under Stuart Atkins in 1956 with a thesis on "A study of imagery in the works of Novalis."
Recruited by the President of Kenyon College, Gordon Keith Chalmers, Haywood served as a faculty member at Kenyon College, where he was professor of German language and literature from 1954 to 1963, then dean and provost from 1963 to 1980. Appointed the tenth president of Monmouth College, he served in that position until 1994.
(A charming and thoughtful gaze back across the Atlantic a...)
Served with British Army, 1943-1947. Member American Association Teachers of German. M C.
Married Isona Gretchen Shelley, June 21, 1947. Children— Anne Margaret, Elizabeth Shelley.