Background
Ryder, Frank Glessner was born on December 23, 1916 in Minneapolis. Son of William and Agnes Crocker (Glessner) Ryder.
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Ryder, Frank Glessner was born on December 23, 1916 in Minneapolis. Son of William and Agnes Crocker (Glessner) Ryder.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1937; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1950.
From instructor to professor German, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1945-1963; chairman, professor German, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1963-1971; Kenan professor German literature, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1971-1981; Kenan professor German literature emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, since 1981. Visiting professor Stanford National Defense Education Act, Bad Boll, Germany, 1965, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1968, U. Hamburg, Germany, 1970, Monash U., Melbourne, Australia, 1972, Ripon (Wisconsin) College, 1974, U. Oregon, 1974.
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("Sigfrid is set up as a chivalric paragon")
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO.
Married Shirley Ruth Sickels, August 21, 1948. Children: Elizabeth R. Napier, Barbara R. Studholme, Mary R. Cullin.
