Margaret M. Bryant

Background

Bryant, Margaret M. was born on December 3, 1900 in Trenton, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of John Lee and Harriet (Yonce) Bryant.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Winthrop (South Carolina.) College, 1921; Doctor of Humane Letters, Winthrop (South Carolina.) College, 1968; student, University Virginia, 1922; A.M., Columbia, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, 1931; American Council Learned Socs. scholarship, Linguistic Institute, University of Michigan, summer 1939; American Council Learned Socs. scholarship, University of Wisconsin, summers 1943-1944; Doctor of Philosophy Institute General Semantics, New York University, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, Folklore Institute, Indiana U., 1946; Doctor of Letters, Cedar Crest College, 1966; Doctor of Humane Letters, Winthrop College, 1968; David Herbert, Francis Marion College, 1979; Doctor of Literature, Northern Michigan U., 1979.

Career

Principal public and private schools, South Carolina., Kansas, West Virginia, New York, 1921-1925; head English department, Chowan College, North Carolina, 1925-1926; faculty, Hunter College, 1926-1933; instructor to professor, Brooklyn College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, day session 1930-1971, evening session 1931-1938; departmental representative English department, evening session, Brooklyn College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1937-1940; acting chairman English department, Brooklyn College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1940-1941; chairman, Brooklyn College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1941-1944; assistant professor to professor, Brooklyn College, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (Graduate School), 1937-1971. Visiting professor universities, Vermont, Arkansas, Utah, Colorado. Visiting professor universities New Sch.Social Research, 1947-1950.

Visiting professor Columbia University, 1952-1953, Adjunct Professor, fall 1955-1956. Visiting professor universities Uppsala, Stockholm and Handelshögskolan, 1950-1951. Visiting professor Rutgers University, summer 1962.

With commission onEnglish. Graduate faculty City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1962-1971. Distinguished professor Winthrop College, summer 1973.

Achievements

• Margaret M. Bryant has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Modern English and Its Heritage

    (We cannot comprehend fully the status that English enjoys...)

  • Modern English and its heritage

    (We cannot comprehend fully the status that English enjoys...)

  • Proverbs and How to Collect Them: Publication of the American Dialect Society, No. 4

    (Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections)

  • A Functional English Grammar

    (Hardcover published by D. C. Heath and Company, 1945.)

  • Proverbs and how to collect them. As contained in Publications of the American Dialect Society, no. 4
  • Current American Usage: How Americans Say It and Write It
  • Modern English and its heritage

Membership

Honorary vice president International Congress Onomastic Sciences, 1981. Member New York Council Teachers English, College Council English in Central Atlantic States (chairman 1942-1944), Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (director 1946-1960, executive committee 1948-1950), American Dialect Society (executive council 1952-1954), American Name Society (president 1958-1959, 1st vice president 1973-1974, president 1974-1975), International Association University Professors English, Philological Society England, International Folk Music Council, American (council 1946-1960), New York (vice president 1949-1952) folklore socs), National Folk Festival Association (consultant 1949-1977), Linguistic Society of America, American Society Geolinguistics (executive council 1975-1979, 81-93, president 1979-1980), American Association of University Professors, International Linguistic Association (president 1972-1973, executive council 1973-1976, advisory council 1976-1982), American Association of University Women (president New York City 1955-1959, recipient Founders' Day citation 1962, 66, Woman of Achievement award New York City branch 1969), University Women's Forum (chairman, president 1958-1975), International Federation University Women, Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund for University Women (trustee, director 1976-1982), New York College English Association, Modern Humanities Research Association (American committee 1960-1965), College English Association, English Institute, International Society for General Semantics, Medieval Club New York (president 1973-1975), Friends of Sarah Tucker Schools (president 1960-1977), Phi Beta Kappa (vice president New York association 1971-1974, president 1974-1976), Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Father:

John Lee Bryant

Mother:

Harriet (Yonce) Bryant