Background
Borgerhoff, Elbert Benton Op’Teynde was born on June 17, 1908 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Leopold and Elisabeth (Guerard) Borgerhoff.
Borgerhoff, Elbert Benton Op’Teynde was born on June 17, 1908 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Leopold and Elisabeth (Guerard) Borgerhoff.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934.
Faculty Princeton, 1930-1968, successively instructor department romance languages and literature, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, 1952-1968, director Christian Gauss seminars in criticism, 1952-1957, 65-66, Class of 1900 professor French, 1956-1968. Author: Liberal Theory and Practice in the French Theatre, 1680-1757, 1936. The Freedom of French Classicism, 1950, second edition, 1968.
Contributor articles periodicals.
Home: Princeton New Jersey.
Married Cornelia Cuyler Newlin, June 14, 1947. Children: Jane Cuyler, Elisabeth Guerard, Ledlie Newlin.