Background
Donaldson, Ethelbert Talbot was born on March 18, 1910 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Anne H. (Talbot) Donaldson.
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Donaldson demonstrates that the author of the C version was the same as the author of the B version of Piers Plowman, a long medieval poem which has come down to us in three versions.
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Donaldson, Ethelbert Talbot was born on March 18, 1910 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Anne H. (Talbot) Donaldson.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1943; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Lehigh University, 1980.
Teacher French, English, Latin and Greek, Kent School, Connecticut, 1932-1938, 39-40; faculty, Yale University, 1946-1967, 70-74; research instructor to associate professor, Yale University, 1946-1956; professor, Yale University, 1956-1966; Bodman Professor of English, Yale University, 1966-1967, 70-74; acting master of, Saybrook College, Yale University, 1963; Professor of English, Columbia University, 1967-1970; Professor of English, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1974-1976; Distinguished Professor of English, Indiana U., 1976-1980; emeritus, Indiana U., 1980-1987. Visiting professor U. College, London, 1951-1952, King's College, London, 1971-1972, University of Michigan, 1973-1974. Mary Flexner lecturer Bryn Mawr College, 1981.
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Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Fellow Mediaeval Academy (president 1980-1981, Haskins medal 1978), American Academy Arts and Sciences, British Academy (correspondent). Member Modern Language Association, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences (president 1966-1967), Academy Literature Studies, New Chaucer Society (president 1978-1979), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Savage (London).
Married Christine H. Hunter, June 24, 1941 (divorced 1967). 1 child, Deirdre H.; Married Jacqueline Sissa Filson, March 23, 1967 (divorced 1969). Married Judith H. Anderson, May 18, 1971.