Background
Millett, Fred Benjamin was born on February 19, 1890 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Edwin and Mary Avalina (Churchill Porter) Millett.
Millett, Fred Benjamin was born on February 19, 1890 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Edwin and Mary Avalina (Churchill Porter) Millett.
Student Harvard, summer 1913, U. Chicago, 1916-1918 (Ph.
Lecturer in English, Queen's University, 1912-1916. Fellow in English, University of Chicago, 1916-1918. Assistant professor, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1919-1926, associate professor, 1926-1927.
Assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1927-1933, associate professor, 1933-1937.
Visiting professor of English, Wesleyan University, 1937-1939, professor, from 1939, acting director Honors College, 1943-1946, director from 1946. Consultant humanities division Rockefeller Foundation, 1942-1943.
Consultant, information and education division, War Department, 1945. Founder of the Washington Street Press, 1945.
Advisor in College English, 1948-1950.
Served as private United States Army, May-December 1918. Member Modern Language Association America, Modern Humanities Research Association, American Association University Professors (member of council 1946-1949, 54, president 1952-1954), College English Association (president New England section 1956), Phi Beta Kappa. Member editorial board American Literature, 1952-1956.