Background
Harsh, Philip Whaley was born on July 19, 1905 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Richard N. H. and Lou (Hudson) Harsh.
Harsh, Philip Whaley was born on July 19, 1905 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Richard N. H. and Lou (Hudson) Harsh.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1928, Master of Arts, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933. American Academy, Rome, Italy, 1933-1934 54-55.
Instructor Greek, Allegheny College, 1930-1931. Instructor Latin, Iowa State Teachers College, 1934-1935. Instructor classics, West Virginia University, 1936.
Assistant professor Latin, University of Oklahoma, 1936-1937.
Assistant professor classics, Stanford University, 1937-1940, associate professor 1940-1949, professor since 1949, head department classics, 1953-1958. Visiting lecturer on classics.
Harvard, 1946. American Council Learned Societies research, Europe, 1959.
Member American Philological Association (monograph committee, 1941-1946), Philological Association Pacific Coast (president 1956), American Association University Professors, Archeological Institute American (lecturer 1948), Classical Association Pacific Coast (president 1940), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Virginia East. Wenner June 12, 1941 (divorced). Married second, Elizabeth Usigli, September 23, 1958. Children: Virginia Wenner, Philip Whaley, Marjorie Hudson.