Background
Howard, Leon was born on November 8, 1903 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Percy L. and Georgia (Heacock) Howard.
Howard, Leon was born on November 8, 1903 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Percy L. and Georgia (Heacock) Howard.
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham-Southern College, 1923. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1926, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1961. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1929.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Abo Akademi, Finland, 1968.
Newspaper work, teacher preparatory schools, Alabama, Georgia, 1923-1926. Instructor English, Johns Hopkins, 1927-1930. Instructor English, Pomona College, 1930-1932, assistant professor, 1932-1937.
International Research fellow Henry East. Huntington Library, 1937-1938.
Associate Professor of English, Northwestern University, 1938-1943, professor, 1943-1950, Morrison Professor of English, 1945-1950. Professor of English, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950-1971.
Visiting professor Tokyo University, summers 1951, 54, Centre Universitaire Mediterranean, summer 1957, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1972-1982. Fulbright lecturer U. London, 1956-1957, U. Copenhagen, 1960, Australia, 1963, Germany and Switzerland, 1964.
Guggenheim fellow, 1944-1945.
Senior research fellow Newberry Library, 1966.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Modern Language Association American, American Studies Association Beta Kappa.
Married Henrietta Starr, March 6, 1931. Children: Mary Morris, Charles Malone, Kathleen.