Background
Heer, Nicholas Lawson was born on February 8, 1928 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Clarence and Jean Douglas (MacAlpine) Heer.
Heer, Nicholas Lawson was born on February 8, 1928 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Clarence and Jean Douglas (MacAlpine) Heer.
Bachelor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1955.
Translation analyst, Arabian American Oil Corporation, Saudi Arabia, 1955-1957; assistant professor, Stanford University, California, 1959-1962; visiting lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, 1962-1963; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1965; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1965-1976; professor Near Eastern languages and civilization, U. Washington, 1976-1990; professor emeritus, U. Washington, since 1990; department chairman Near Eastern languages and civilization, U. Wash, 1982-1987. Middle East curator Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1958-1962.
Member American Oriental Society, Middle East Studies Association, American Association Teachers of Arabic (treasurer 1964-1976, president 1981, director 1982-1984).