Background

Shaaber, Matthias Adam was born on December 13, 1897 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry Christopher and Emma Fredericka (Moyer) Shaaber.

Education

AB, University of Pennsylvania, 1918; AM, University of Pennsylvania, 1924; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1928.

Career

Instructor English, University of Pennsylvania, 1919-1920, 22-34; assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1934-1939; associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1939-1942; professor, University of Pennsylvania, from 1942; John Welsh centennial Professor of English history and literature, University of Pennsylvania, from 1958; department chairman English, University of Pennsylvania, 1957-1962. Visiting lecturer University of Southern California, 1939, Columbia University, 1948, 52-53, Duke U., 1950.

Achievements

• Matthias Adam Shaaber has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Some forerunners of the newspaper in England, 1476-1622,

    ( The earliest publication and distribution of news betwe...)

  • Some forerunners of the newspaper in England, 1476-1622 by Matthias A. Shaaber
  • Some forerunners of the newspaper in England 1476-1622

Membership

With United States Army, World War I. Member Phi Gamma Delta. M C.

Connections

Married Margaret Livingston Donaldson, June 17, 1933.

Father:

Harry Christopher Shaaber

Mother:

Emma Fredericka (Moyer) Shaaber

Spouse:

Margaret Livingston Donaldson