Background
Brier, Peter A. was born on March 5, 1935 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Francis Simon and Stella Rose Brier.
Brier, Peter A. was born on March 5, 1935 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940. Son of Francis Simon and Stella Rose Brier.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1956. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Intercoll.
Program Graduate Standards, 1971.
Instructor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1966-1970; from instructor to associate Professor of English literature, California State University, Los Angeles, 1968-1981; professor, California State University, Los Angeles, since 1981. Author: (biography) Howard Mumford Jones and the Dynamics of Liberal Humanism, 1994. Co-author: (bibliography) American Prose and Criticism 1990-1950, 1981.
Member Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Nurith Goldschmidt, May 29, 1975. Children: Jonathan, Moriah.