Joseph Prescott

Background

Prescott, Joseph was born on July 3, 1913 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Isaac and Sarah (Abramsky) Prescott.

Education

AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1935; AM, Harvard University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1944.

Career

Assistant in English, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1937-1939; substitute teacher, Boston University, 1939; instructor, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1939-1944; instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1944; instructor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1944-1946; from assistant professor to professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1946-1981; professor emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1981. Visiting professor summer school Harvard University, 1966.

Achievements

• Joseph Prescott has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • APHORISMS AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS

    (Detroit 1985. Author. 16mo., 104pp. Signed presentation c...)

  • APHORISMS AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS SECOND SERIES
  • Aphorisms and other observations, third series

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, International Association University Professors of English, Modern Humanities Research Association M C.

Connections

Married Myrtle Grace Saperstein, December 24, 1939 (deceased September 1986). 1 child, Eleanor (deceased).

Father:

Isaac Prescott

Mother:

Sarah (Abramsky) Prescott

Spouse:

Myrtle Grace Saperstein

child:

Eleanor Prescott (deceased)