Background
III, Mark Lafayette Reed, was born on September 26, 1935 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Mark Lafayette Junior and Edith (Murphy) Fisher.
III, Mark Lafayette Reed, was born on September 26, 1935 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Mark Lafayette Junior and Edith (Murphy) Fisher.
Bachelor, Yale College, 1957. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
From assistant professor to professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963—1971, Lineberger professor in the humanities, 1986—2000, professor emeritus, since 2000.
Board advisors Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina, 1976-1986. Associate trustee Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, England, since 1975. Member Modern Language Association, Wordsworth-Coleridge Association, Elizabethan Club (New Haven, Connecticut), Harvard Club (New York City), Grolier Club (New York City), Biltmore Forest Country Club.
Married Martha Balch Sibley, August 30, 1958. Children: Victoria Fisher Reed Gless, Christina Pickering Reed Dowdy.