Burdett Harmon Gardner

Background

Gardner, Burdett Harmon was born on August 14, 1917 in Ashland, Maine, United States. Son of Wesley Isaiah and Addie Vince (Nevers) Gardner.

Education

Student, Colby College, 1935-1936; student, Louisiana State University, 1937-1939; Bachelor of Arts, Boston University, 1940; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy (University fellow), Harvard, 1954.

Career

Instructor English, University of Minnesota, 1947-1948; Instructor English, U. Idaho, 1949-1950; Instructor English, Florida State University, 1950; Instructor English, Georgia Institute Technology, 1950-1952; assistant Professor of English, Heidelberg U., 1954-1955; assistant Professor of English, Elmira College, 1956-1960; associate Professor of English, Bloomsburg State College, 1961-1962; associate Professor of English, department chairman, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1962-1963; Professor of English, department chairman, Kentucky-Wesleyan College, Owensboro, 1963-1964; Professor of English, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey, since 1964; department chairman, Monmouth College, 1965-1971. Lecturer English Harvard, 1955-1956.

Achievements

• Burdett Harmon Gardner has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Signal Intelligence Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Modern Language Association, The English Institute.

Connections

Married Rachel Margaret Cohen, January 8, 1964 (deceased April 3, 2010). Children: Benjamin, Daniel.

Father:

Wesley Isaiah Gardner

Mother:

Addie Vince (Nevers) Gardner

Spouse:

Rachel Margaret Cohen

child:

Benjamin Gardner

child:

Daniel Gardner