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III, Julius Rowan Raper, was born on March 12, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Julius Rowan Junior and Emma Juanita (Hayes) R.
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III, Julius Rowan Raper, was born on March 12, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Julius Rowan Junior and Emma Juanita (Hayes) R.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1960. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1966.
Editor, personnel, United States Bureau Census, Washington, 1961; teaching assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1963-1965; assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1972; associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972-1989; Professor of English and American Literature, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1989; Fulbright professor, U. Thessaloniki, Greece, 1972-1974, 79-80; Fulbright professor, U. Athens, Greece, 1980-1981.
Member S. Atlantic Modern Language Association, Society for Study of Southern Literature, Ellen Glasgow Society, International Lawrence Durrell Society (vice president 1992-1994), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anne Louise Browning, December 22, 1962 (divorced 1991). Children: Fern Rowanne, Keith Alexander. Married Anne Christine Gross, May 8, 1993.