Background
Skelton, Robert Beattie was born on April 23, 1913 in Auburn, Michigan, United States. Son of Glen Beattie and Irene (Richardson) Skelton.
Skelton, Robert Beattie was born on April 23, 1913 in Auburn, Michigan, United States. Son of Glen Beattie and Irene (Richardson) Skelton.
Student, Bay City Junior College, Michigan, 1935. AB, Eastern Michigan University, 1937. Master of Arts (university scholar 1937-1938), University Michigan, 1938.
Doctor of Philosophy (Horace H. Rackham special fellow 1949-1950, American Council Learned Societies grantee Linguistics Institute 1950), University Michigan, 1950. Postgraduate (Roosevelt fellow), University Brazil, 1943. Postgraduate (Chilean Government fellow), University Chile, 1943.
Postgraduate, University Salamanca, University Paris, 1972. Postgraduate, University Perugia, 1975.
Member faculty, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1939-1976; professor, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1954-1976; research professor comparative linguistics, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1967-1976; head department foreign languages, Auburn (Alabama) U., 1954-1967. Visiting scholar Linguistics Institute, 1967.
Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, to commander of The United States Navy Reserve, retired 1973. Member National Geography Society, Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French, American Association Teachers German, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, Linguistic Society American, Institute International Education (associate), National Association Standard Medical Vocabulary, American Museum Natural History (associate), Academy Tamil Culture (associate).
Son of; married Mary Carmack, June 2, 1940. Children– Susan, Robert Thomas, Rebecca and Melissa (twins).