Background
Rosenberg, Edgar was born on September 21, 1925 in Fuerth, Germany. Son of Otto and Lilly (Arnstein) Rosenberg.
English and comparative literature educator
Rosenberg, Edgar was born on September 21, 1925 in Fuerth, Germany. Son of Otto and Lilly (Arnstein) Rosenberg.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1949; Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1958.
Instructor English, Harvard University, 1957-1960; Briggs-Copeland assistant professor, Harvard University, 1960-1965; associate Professor of English, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1969; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1969-1970; Professor of English and comparative literature, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1970. Visiting Professor of English Stanford University, 1970, U. Haifa, 1988.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1945. Member American Dickens Society (president), Dickens Fellowship, Leo Baeck Institute.
Married Birthe Terp-Johansen, September 12, 1965 (divorced December 1979).