Background
Beatty, Richmond Croom was born on January 6, 1905 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Henry and Caroline (Barbour) Beatty.
Beatty, Richmond Croom was born on January 6, 1905 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Henry and Caroline (Barbour) Beatty.
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham-Southern College, 1926. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1928, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930.
Professor English, Tennessee State Teachers College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1930-1935. Assistant Professor of English, University of Alabama, 1935-1937. Associate Professor of English and American literature, Vanderbilt University, 1937-1946.
Professor of English, 1946-1956.
Literature editor Nashville Tennessean, 1956-1961. Guggenheim fellow, 1940.
Member Modern Language Association.
Married Floy Ward, May 7, 1927.