Education
and Doctor of Philosophy (1907) at Harvard University, Beach returned to Minneapolis in 1907 to join the faculty of the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.
and Doctor of Philosophy (1907) at Harvard University, Beach returned to Minneapolis in 1907 to join the faculty of the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.
Following Beach"s graduation from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts in 1900, he became an instructor in rhetoric. After earning his Master of Arts Starting as Assistant Professor, he became Associate Professor in 1917 and Professor in 1924. Beach chaired the English Department from 1940 to 1948, after which time he retired.
William van O"Connor, noted critic and professor in the English Department, wrote that at the time of his death Beach was "the most distinguished scholar" the department had ever had.
After retirement from the University of Minnesota, Beach continued teaching until his death. He taught at Harvard University, the University of Illinois, the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria.
