Frederick Burr Clifford

Background

Clifford, Frederick Burr was born on June 3, 1914 in Samaria, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick Jesse and Genevieve Clara (Burr) Clifford.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Northern Michigan College, 1935; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1943; Bachelor of Divinity, Oberlin College, 1946.

Career

Ordained to ministry, Methodist Church, 1943; pastor in, Dearborn, Michigan, 1943-1947; Professor of English, Adrian (Michigan) College, 1947-1953; associate professor humanities, Emory-at-Oxford, Emory University, 1953-1958; Professor of English, department chairman, Southwestern U., 1958-1962; dean, Southwestern U. (Brown College Arts and Sciences), 1962-1977; professor classics and humanities, Southwestern U. (Brown College Arts and Sciences), 1977-1981.

Achievements

• Frederick Burr Clifford has been listed as a noteworthy classics and humanities educator, minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Central Texas Conference Methodist Church, American Philological Association, Classical Association Middle West and South.

Connections

Married Doris Jean Jones, August 26, 1943. Children– John Frederick, David Burr, Jeanne Ellen.

Father:

Frederick Jesse Clifford

Mother:

Genevieve Clara (Burr) Clifford

Spouse:

Doris Jean Jones

child:

David Burr Clifford

child:

Jeanne Ellen Clifford

child:

John Frederick Clifford