Background
Horsford, Howard Clarke was born on November 26, 1921 in Montezuma, Iowa, United States. Son of Forrest Fair and Clara Mary (Johnston) Horsford.
Horsford, Howard Clarke was born on November 26, 1921 in Montezuma, Iowa, United States. Son of Forrest Fair and Clara Mary (Johnston) Horsford.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Ripon College, Wisconsin, 1943; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1952.
Instructor mathematics, Ripon College, 1946-1948; instructor, then assistant Professor of English, Princeton University, 1951-1960; Bicentennial preceptor, Princeton University, 1957-1960; visiting lecturer, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1957-1958; member of faculty, U. Rochester, New York, since 1960; Professor of English, U. Rochester, 1966-1987; professor emeritus, U. Rochester, since 1987. Visiting professor Bread Loaf (Vermont) School English, summers 1960, 61, 63, 64.
Education advisory President's Committee Hungarian Refugee Relief, 1957. Served with Signal Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Melville Society (president 1957), Phi Beta Kappa.