Background
Richards, Earl Jeffrey was born on August 14, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard Earl and Adelaide Edna (Billington) Richards.
comparative literature educator
Richards, Earl Jeffrey was born on August 14, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard Earl and Adelaide Edna (Billington) Richards.
AB summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1974; AM, Princeton University, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1978.
Assistant professor, U. Muenster, Federal Republic Germany, 1978-1981; lecturer, U. Aachen, Federal Republic Germany, 1982; visiting assistant professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982-1983; visiting assistant professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1983-1984; assistant professor comparative literature, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1990; associate professor French and Italian, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1990.
(This book assembles seventeen essays from specialists in ...)
Member Modern Language Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Medieval Academy, American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, International Association Comparative Literature, Christine de Pizan Society (president), Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Howard Earl Richards and Adelaide Edna Billington, Barbara Kreiss (Stepmother). Children: Christine-Adelaide Rehm, Stephanie-Louise Rehm.