Background
Pearson, Norman Holmes was born on April 13, 1909 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Chester Page and Fanny Holmes (Kittredge) Pearson.
Pearson, Norman Holmes was born on April 13, 1909 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Chester Page and Fanny Holmes (Kittredge) Pearson.
Student Phillips Academy, 1927-1928. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1932. Bachelor of Arts, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1934, Master of Arts, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1941.
Graduate study U. Berlin, 1933.
Stepchildren—Susan South. Tracy (Mistress Susan Addiss), Elizabeth B. Tracy. Faculty, Yale, 1941-1975, Professor of English and American studies, 1962-1975, chairman American studies, 1957-1967. Visiting Professor of English, U. Kyoto, Doshisha University, 1970.
Visiting fellow Huntington Library, 1948.
Guggenheim fellow, 1948-1949, 55-56. President Bryher Foundation, 1949-1952.
Chancellor Academy American Poets, 1964-1975. Counsellor Smithsonian Institution, 1966-1975.
Civilian with O.S.S., 1942-1946.
Member American Studies Association (president 1968), Modern Language Association American, England Institute (chairman 1948), College England Association (national vice president 1955-1956, president North.E. association 1951-1952), Connecticut Academy, PEN Clubs: Elizabethan (Yale).
Married Susan Silliman Bennett, February 21, 1941.