Herbert Faulkner West

Background

West, Herbert Faulkner was born on January 6, 1898 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Richard and Annie Leila (Faulkner) W.

Education

Student Pennsylvania State College, 1917-1919. Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1922, Master of Arts, 1924. Postgraduate London and Berlin, 1924-1925.

Master of Arts, Harvard, 1933.

Career

1 son, Herbert Faulkner. Instructor English, Dartmouth, 1925-1928, assistant professor comparative literature, 1928-1937, professor, 1937-1964, professor emeritus comparative literature, 1964-1974, department chairman, 1953-1957. Kate Hurd Mead lecturer, 1959.

Founder president, treasurer, Westholm Publs., 1955.

Book reviewer for New York Times Sunday Book Magazine.

Achievements

• Herbert Faulkner West has been listed as a notable educator, public company executive, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with 73d Artillery, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919. Director Friends The Dartmouth College Library. Member Thoreau Society (president), Boston Society Indiana Artists, Delta Upsilon.

Clubs: Book of California.

Connections

Married Carin af Robson, May 23, 1925.

Father:

Arthur Richard West

Mother:

Annie Leila (Faulkner) West

Spouse:

Carin af Robson