Background
Peterson, Richard Gustaf was born on January 9, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Stanley Gustaf and Mattie (DeHaan) P. Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1956, Doctor of Philosophy, 1963.
Peterson, Richard Gustaf was born on January 9, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Stanley Gustaf and Mattie (DeHaan) P. Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1956, Doctor of Philosophy, 1963.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1958.
Instructor English, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1960-1962. Assistant Professor of English, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1963-1968, Professor of English and classics, since 1975. Executive secretary American Society Eighteenth-Century Studies, Northfield, 1983-1989.
Member National Endowment for Humanities English Literature panel, 1988-1989, 91.
Book review editor Eighteenth Century Studies, Davis, California, 1980-1983.
Member of American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association (William Riley Parker prize 1976), Classical Association Midwest and South, American Society 18th Century Studies, American Council Learned Societies (conference secretary 1983-1989).