Background
Ford, George Harry was born on December 21, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Harry and Gertrude (Burgess) Ford.
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Ford, George Harry was born on December 21, 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Harry and Gertrude (Burgess) Ford.
Bachelor of Arts, University Manitoba, 1936; Master of Arts, University Toronto, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1942.
Lecturer, U. Manitoba, 1945-1946; associate professor, U. Cincinnati, 1946-1954; professor, U. Cincinnati, 1954-1958; visiting professor, University of Chicago, 1948; visiting professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1949; visiting professor, U. B.C., 1953; Professor of English,, U. Rochester, 1958-1994; department chairman, U. Rochester, 1960-1972; Joseph H. Gilmore professor, U. Rochester, 1969.
(A study of Keats influence and rise to fame.)
(Collection of critical essays on Dickens.)
Served from lieutenant to captain Canada Army, 1942-1945. Fellow American Council Learned Societies. Member International Association Professors English, Literary Club Cincinnati, Pundit Club, Dickens Fellowship (president 1975), New York Council Humanities, International Association Study of Time (president 1979), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Patricia Murray, May 4, 1942. Children: Leslie Margaret, Harry Seymour.