Background
Dieckmann, Herbert was born on May 22, 1906 in Duisburg, Germany. Son of Gottfried and Amanda (Wehrhahn-MacDonald) Dieckmann. came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945.
Dieckmann, Herbert was born on May 22, 1906 in Duisburg, Germany. Son of Gottfried and Amanda (Wehrhahn-MacDonald) Dieckmann. came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945.
Student, University Heidelberg, 1925-1926, 27-28; student, University Paris, 1926-1927; student, University Munich, 1928-1929; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Bonn, 1930; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1950; Doctor of Letters, U. Exeter (England), 1965.
Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaft fellow, 1930-1933; Subvention Dutch Emergency Council for Refugees, 1933-1934; lecturer, Turkish State University, Istanbul, 1934-1937; assistant professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1938-1946; associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1946-1948; professor, department chairman romance languages, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948-1949; associate professor French, Harvard, 1950-1952; professor, department chairman romance languages, Harvard, 1952-1957; Smith professor French and Spanish languages, Harvard, 1957-1965; professor French and comparative literature, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1974; Avalon Foundation professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1974; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Modern Language Association American, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Liselotte Neisser, May 1930 (divorced 1955). Children: Beate, Martin. Married Jane Kennan Marsh, June 1959.
Children: Margaret K., Judith R.