Background
Anderson, Charles Roberts was born on October 17, 1902 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Lanier and Gertrude (Roberts) Anderson.
Anderson, Charles Roberts was born on October 17, 1902 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Lanier and Gertrude (Roberts) Anderson.
Bachelor of Arts Georgia, 1924. Master of Arts, University Georgia, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1939.
Instructor, English, U. Georgia, 1927-1930;
instructor English, Duke U., 1930-1935;
assistant professor, Duke U., 1935-1939;
associate professor, Duke U., 1939-1941;
associate professor American literature, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1941-1945;
professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1946-1969;
department chairman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1950-1956;
Caroline Donovan professor American literature, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1957-1969;
professor emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1969. Lamar Foundation lecturer Wesleyan College, 1957. Visiting professor, summers George Washington University, 1938, Johns Hopkins University, 1940, University of California, 1946, Columbia University, 1947-1948, University of Southern California, 1950, U. Hawaii, 1956.
Guest professor of University Heidelberg, 1949. Visiting lecturer Nagano Seminar, Japan, summer 1954. Auspices unites states department State, American specialist lecturer, Singapore, Manila, Taiwan and Japan, 1965-1966, Korea, Bangkok, Katmandu, Bucharest, 1969.
Lecturer United States Information Agency, Yugoslavia, 1974, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Burma, India, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Greece, Austria, 1976-1977, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Burma, Pakistan, Aghanistan, 1978, Japan, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Java, Bangkok, India, 1979, Hong Kong, Dacca, Bangkok, India, Saudi Arabia, India, 1980, Lyon, Paris, 1981,Portugal, 1982, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Portugal, Italy, 1983.
Fellow Society of America Studies. Member Modern Language Association (chairman American literature group 1957), American Association of University Professors, Society of America Historians, Melville Society of America (president 1946), International Association University Professors English, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Upsilon.
Married Eugenia Blount, June 1, 1935. Married Mary Pringle, May 3, 1963.