Background
Ray, Gordon Norton was born on September 8, 1915 in New York City. Son of Jess Gordon and Jessie (Norton) Ray.
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Combining thoughtful essays, detailed bibliographical descriptions, and over 290 finely reproduced illustrations, this book by a leading literary scholar, author, and book antiquarian chronicles a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Among the artists: Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, Constable, Lear, Cruikshank, Rossetti, Tenniel, du Maurier, Caldecott, Morris, Beardsley, Beerbohm, and Rackham.
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Chronicles through correspondence the relationship that existed between Henry James and H.G. Wells from their first meeting in 1898 to their parting of ways in 1914 due to growing creative differences. A fascinating look at two great novelists and their philosophical views on the written word.
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Ray, Gordon Norton was born on September 8, 1915 in New York City. Son of Jess Gordon and Jessie (Norton) Ray.
Bachelor of Arts, Indiana U., 1936; A.M., Indiana U., 1936; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Indiana U., 1964; A.M., Harvard University, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1940; Dexter fellow, Harvard University, 1940-1941; Guggenheim fellow, Harvard University, 1941-1942, 46, 56-57; Rockefeller fellow, 1948-1949; Doctor of Letters, Monmouth College, 1959; Doctor of Letters, Syracuse University, 1961; Doctor of Letters, Duke U., 1965; the Doctor of Letters, University Illinois, 1968; Doctor of Letters, Northwestern University, 1974; the Doctor of Letters, University Maryland., 1982; Doctor of Laws, New York University, 1961; Doctor of Laws, Tulane University, 1963; Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1968; Doctor of Laws, Columbia University, 1969; Doctor of Laws, University Southern California, 1974; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Pennsylvania, 1978.
Instructor English,, Harvard University, 1940-1942;
Professor of English,, University of Illinois, 1946-1960;
head Department, University Illinois, 1950-1957;
vice president, provost, University of Illinois, 1957-1960;
visiting professor, U. Oregon, summer 1948;
Berg professor, New York University, 1952-1953;
Professor of English,, New York University, 1962-1980;
emeritus, New York University, 1980-1986. Lowell lecturer, Boston, 1950. Walls lecturer Pierpont Morgan Library, 1982.
Lyell lecturer University of Oxford, 1985. Adviser in literature Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1954-1971. Member of advisory board Soho Bibliographies, 1968-1979.
Associate secretary general John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Found, 1960-1961, secretary general, trustee, 1963-1986, president, 1963-1985, president emeritus, 1985-1986. Member of advisory council Smithsonian Institution, 1967-1984, chairman, 1970-1986. Treasurer, director American Council Learned Socs., 1973-1985.
Trustee Foundation Library Center, 1962-1968, Chairman of the Board, 1965-1968. Trustee Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Public Library, Winterthur Museum, 1977-1985. Director Yaddo, 1979-1985, American Council Education, 1980-1981.
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Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society Literature. Member American Philosophical Society (vice president 1986), Modern Language Association (managing trustee), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Harvard (New York City), Grolier (New York City) (past president), Century Association (New York City). Athenaeum, Roxburghe (London).