Background
Francis,, Herbert Edward was born on January 11, 1924 in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.
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Herbert Edward Francis
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Bachelor, University Wisconsin, 1948. Master of Arts, Brown University, Providence, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Alabama, 1989.
Career
Instructor Pennsylvania State University, 1950—1952, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1954—1956, DeKalb State University, Illinois, 1956—1958. Assistant professor English Emory University, Atlanta, 1958—1966. Professor English University Alabama, Huntsville, 1966—1988.
Advisory board The Literary Review, Teaneck, New Jersey, Manoa, Honolulu. Founding editor Poem, Huntsville. Poetry editor This Issue, Atlanta.
Contributing editor Thunder Mountain Review, Birmingham. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Membership
Founding member Old Town History District, Huntsville, Huntsville Literary Association, 1967.
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Son of Herbert Edward Francis and Evelyn Estelle Verity. 1 adopted child Carlos Roberto.
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