Background
Smyth, Richard Andrew was born on December 28, 1933 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralston Blackburn and Eleanor Rogers (Greene) Smyth.
philosophy and liberal studies educator
Smyth, Richard Andrew was born on December 28, 1933 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralston Blackburn and Eleanor Rogers (Greene) Smyth.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1955. Postgraduate, Freiburg (Federal Republican Germany) U, 1957. Postgraduate, Princeton University, 1957.
Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1961.
Professor University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1961.
With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1957-1963. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1963), American Philosophical Association, American Comparative Literature Association, North Carolina Philosophical Association (past president).
Married Luan Lawson, September 15, 1956. Children: Nathan, Susan, James.