Background
Dobie, James Frank was born on September 26, 1888 in on ranch, Live Oak County, Texas, United States. Son of Richard Jonathan and Ella (Byler) Dobie.
Dobie, James Frank was born on September 26, 1888 in on ranch, Live Oak County, Texas, United States. Son of Richard Jonathan and Ella (Byler) Dobie.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern U., Georgetown, Texas, 1910. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1914. Honorary Master of Arts, Cambridge U., 1944.
Principal public schools, Alpine, Texas, 1910-1911. Teacher English, secretary to president Southwestern U., 1911-1913. Instructor in English, University Texas, 1914-1917, 1919-1920, 1921-1923.
Manager ranch, S.W. Texas, 1920-1921. Head of English department Oklahoma A. and M. College, 1923-1925. Adjunct Professor of English, University Texas, 1925-1926, associate professor, 1926-1933, Professor of English, 1933-1947 (leave of absence 1927-1929 and at other intervals).
Research fellow Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation, 1930-1931, 1934-1935, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1932-1933, visiting professor American history, Cambridge U., 1943-1944.
Served as First lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member of the United States National Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1945-1948. Secretary, editor Texas Folklore Society, 1922-1942.
Club: Town and Gown, The Players, P.E.N.
Married Bertha McKee, September 20, 1916.