Background
Marder, Louis was born on September 26, 1915 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidor and Clara (Freund) Marder.
Marder, Louis was born on September 26, 1915 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidor and Clara (Freund) Marder.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1941; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950.
Indexer, New York Times, 1946;
lecturer, instructor, Brooklyn College, 1946-1953;
chairman department English, Pembroke (North Carolina) State College, 1953-1956;
associate Professor of English, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1956-1965;
emeritus Professor of English, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1965-1980;
founder, editor, public, The Shakespeare Newsletter, Evanston, Illinois, since 1951;
founder, chief Executive officer, The Shakespeare Data Bank, Inc., Evanston, since 1984. Visiting professor U. Toledo, 1968, U. Miami 1981, 82. Lecturer Antioch College Shakespeare Festival, 1953, Utah Shakespearean Festival, 1975.
Member President Committee to Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary, 1964. Delegate International Shakespeare Committee Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1964, 66, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84. Consultant World Center for Shakespeare Studies, London.
Member educational council London Globe Theatre Center, academic council Shakespeare Globe Theatre Council, since 1981.
Member City of Chicago Shakespeare Festival Committee, 1981-1983. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Shakespeare Society of America (director since 1968), Shakespeare Association American (chairman Shakespeare's fellow dramatists section), Modern Language Association (chairman seminar 1969, 70-71, section chairman 1972), Southeastern Renaissance Association, National Council Teachers English (chairman Shakespeare section 1960-1961, 64), International Cooperative Shakespeare Congress (committee 1971), Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable (board directors).
Married Miriam Kugler, August 31, 1940. Children: Daniel Spencer, Diana Lynn.