Background
Spevack, Marvin was born on December 17, 1927 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Miriam (Propper) Spevack.
Spevack, Marvin was born on December 17, 1927 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Miriam (Propper) Spevack.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1948. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.
Instructor English City College of New York, 1955-1961. Assistant professor City College New York, 1961-1963. Professor English, University Muenster, Germany, 1963-1989, director English seminar Germany, 1964-1989, director Institute Erasmianum Germany, 1974-1989.
Fulbright lecturer University Münster, Germany, 1961-1962. Visiting research fellow Institute University London. Visiting professor University Munich, 1962-1963, New York University, summer 1966, Harvard University, summer 1973, University New Mexico, 1985-1986, Bowling Green State University, fall 1989.
Fellow Folger Shakespeare Library., 1970, 98. Honorary research fellow University College, London, 1980-1981, 94—. Visiting fellow Wolfson College, Cambridge (England) University, 1984.
Scholar-in-residence Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, University Maryland, spring 1989. Visiting research fellow Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1991., University London, 2008, biographers, Shakespearean, comparatist, educator Sydney Lee, 2009.
Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. member Modern Language Association, International Association University Professors English, International Shakespeare Association, The Bibliographical Society, Deutsche Shakespeare Gesellschaft W., Shakespeare Association, Harvard Club (New York City), Harvard of Rhein-Ruhr Club (Germany), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helga Husmann, May 28, 1962. 1 child, Edmund Daniel (deceased).