Background
Hay, Eloise Knapp was born on November 19, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of G. Prather and Lucy (Norvell) Knapp.
Hay, Eloise Knapp was born on November 19, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of G. Prather and Lucy (Norvell) Knapp.
Bachelor, Elmira College, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1961. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Elmira College, 1994.
Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950-1954; assistant Professor of English, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1961-1964; lecturer department English, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1967-1970; Professor of English, U. Delhi, India, 1970-1971; acting associate professor, religious studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975-1977; assistant Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1977-1980; associate Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980-1982; professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1982-1996. Member English literature advising committee Council for International Exch. of Scholars, Washington, 1983-1985, 88.
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Member University of California Santa Barbara Senior Women's Council. Member Modern Language Association American (member Executive Committee on late 19th-early 20th-century literature 1979-1984, Chairman of Commission 1984), Phi Bet Kappa.
Married Stephen Northup Hay, June 11, 1954. Children: Catherine, Edward.