Background
Boerner, Peter was born on March 10, 1926 in Tartu, Estonia. Came to the United States, 1961.
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language and literature educator
Boerner, Peter was born on March 10, 1926 in Tartu, Estonia. Came to the United States, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic Germany, 1954; postdoctoral certified, College d'Europe, Bruges, Belgium, 1955.
Curator, Goethe-Museum, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic Germany, 1955-1958; resident director, Stanford University Center, Beutelsbach, Federal Republic Germany, 1958-1961; assistant professor German, associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961-1964; professor comparative literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1971; associate professor modern languages, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-1966; professor Germanic studies, comparative literature, West European studies, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1971-1994; professor emeritus, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1995. Visiting professor German, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1968, Yale University, 1978.
Married Nancy Sanden, December 19, 1959. Children: Christopher, Hans, Nels.
