Background
II, Philip Edward Smith was born on August 9, 1943 in Atlanta. Son of Philip Edward Senior and Mary Alice (Tucker) S.
II, Philip Edward Smith was born on August 9, 1943 in Atlanta. Son of Philip Edward Senior and Mary Alice (Tucker) S.
Bachelor in English cum laude, Occidental College, 1965; Master of Arts in English, Northwestern University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in English, Northwestern University, 1969; diploma in English studies, Cambridge U., England, 1970.
Assistant professor department English, U. Pittsburgh, 1970-1978; associate professor department English, U. Pittsburgh, since 1978; chair English department, U. Pittsburgh, 1987-1995. Visiting Professor of English Shanghai Foreign Langs. Institute, 1979-1980.
Member Modern Language Association, Science Fiction Research Association, Society for Literature and Science.
Married Susan Valeria Harris, June 24, 1967.