Frederick Peter Woll McDowell

Background

McDowell, Frederick Peter Woll was born on May 29, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samson McDowell and Elma Pennypacker.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, University Pennsylvania, 1937. Master of Arts in English, University Pennsylvania, 1938. Master of Arts in English, Harvard University, 1947.

Doctor of Philosophy of English, Harvard University, 1949.

Career

Instructor English Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, 1938—1939, University Delaware, Newark, 1939—1941, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1949—1951, assistant professor, 1951—1958, associate professor, 1958—1963, professor, 1963—1985, professor emeritus, since 1985.

Achievements

• Frederick Peter Woll McDowell has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Caroline Gordon - American Writers 59: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers

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  • Caroline Gordon
  • Ellen Glasgow and the Ironic Art of Fiction

Membership

Private to Major United States Army, 1941-1946. Lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve, 1946-1961. Member Modern Language Association, Bernard Shaw Society, Virginia Woolf Society, Ellen Glasgow Society (president 1977), David Herbert Lawrence Society, Joseph Conrad Society, American Hemerocallis Society, Iris Murdoch Society.

Interests

• Gardening, opera, reading, classical music, performing arts.

Connections

Married Margaret Louise Blaine, May 29, 1953. Children: Steven Frederick, Gloria Catherine, Lawrence Robert, Katherine Anne, Elizabeth Mary.

Father:

Samson McDowell

Mother:

Elma Pennypacker

Spouse:

Margaret Louise Blaine

child:

Katherine Anne McDowell

child:

Elizabeth Mary McDowell

child:

Steven Frederick McDowell

child:

Gloria Catherine McDowell

child:

Lawrence Robert McDowell