Background
Wadsworth, Frank Whittemore was born on June 14, 1919 in New York City. Son of Prescott Kingsley and Elizabeth (Whittemore) Wadsworth.
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- THE POACHER FROM STRATFORD
- The poacher from Stratford;: A partial account of the controversy over the authorship of Shakespeare's plays (Publisher: University of California Press (1958) 8.3 x 5....)
Frank Whittemore Wadsworth
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Frank Whittemore Wadsworth, American Foundation executive, literature educator. Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1946-1947; Scribner fellow, 1948-1949; Folger Shakespeare Library fellow, 1961; Guggenheim fellow, 1961-1962. Trustee Rye Country Day School, New York Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Modern Language Association, American Society Theatre Research, Malone Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1951.
Career
Instructor English, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1949-1950; instructor to associate Professor of English, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950-1961; Professor of English, dean division humanities, U. Pittsburgh, 1962-1967; academic vice president, State University of New York-Purchase, 1967-1978; professor literature, State University of New York-Purchase, 1967-1989, emeritus, since 1989; national representative, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1958-1961; trustee, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, since 1973; vice- chairman of the board of trustees, since 1992; trustee, Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York City, since 1970; chairman of the board of trustees, Wenner-Gren Foundation, New York City, 1977-1987.
Achievements
Works
book
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The poacher from Stratford;: A partial account of the controversy over the authorship of Shakespeare's plays
(Publisher: University of California Press (1958) 8.3 x 5....)
- THE POACHER FROM STRATFORD
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The poacher from Stratford;: A partial account of the controversy over the authorship of Shakespeare's plays
Membership
Trustee Rye Country Day School, New York Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Modern Language Association, American Society Theatre Research, Malone Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Roxalene Harriet Nevin, October 22, 1943 (deceased 1979). Susan, Roxalene; Married Deborah Yohalem, December 22, 1980. Step children Adam, Lisa, Joshua, Belsky.
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Nationality
American
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1946
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1951