Background
Barnard, Ellsworth was born on April 11, 1907 in Shelburne, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Thompson and Kate Maria (Barnard) Barnard.
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Excerpt from the Introduction: "In this book my primary aim has been to record, once and for all, the essential facts in the life of Wendell Willkie...Why is it worthwhile to tell the story of Wendell Willkie and get it straight? The answer is that he was the man who, during the last four years of his life, in a decisive period of American history, had a greater influence on the mind of the American people and the policy of the American government than any other person except Franklin Roosevelt. And he exercised this influence despite the fact that he held no office and spoke for no organization - except, briefly, the Republican party. He exercised it by sheer ability and force of character. For one thing, he embodied, as the story will show, the nation's legendary virtues: a carefree superiority to mean and petty motives; an unaffected sympathy for the underdog; reckless courage linked with ebullient energy; eagerness to enter, and unwillingness to quit, a fight in a good cause. His appeal also lay in his almost infallible sense of the dramatic moment, his unerring gift for the symbolic act that clarified the issue for millions of confused by well-meaning fellow Americans.
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Barnard, Ellsworth was born on April 11, 1907 in Shelburne, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David Thompson and Kate Maria (Barnard) Barnard.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1928. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1935.
Doctor of Humane Letters, University Massachusetts, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters, Northern Michigan University, 1996.
English instructor, Massachusetts State College, Amherst, 1930-1933; English instructor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1937-1940; assistant Professor of English, U. Tampa, Florida, 1936-1937; lecturer in English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1940-1941; professor, Alfred (New York) U., 1941-1950; lecturer, University of Chicago, 1952-1955; visiting lecturer, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1955-1957; professor, Northern Michigan U., Amherst, 1957-1968; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1973.
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Member Leadership Friends Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, 1970. Member Modern Language Association (life), American Association of University Professors.
Married Mary Isabelle Taylor, December 31, 1936.