Background
Meeker, Robert Gardner was born on March 22, 1927 in Lackawanna, New York, United States. Son of David Magie and Helen Amelia (Kilburn) Meeker.
Meeker, Robert Gardner was born on March 22, 1927 in Lackawanna, New York, United States. Son of David Magie and Helen Amelia (Kilburn) Meeker.
Bachelor in English, Lafayette College, 1950. Master of Arts in English, University Scranton, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in English, Lehigh University, 1989.
Editorial assistant, house organ, United Fruit Company. New York City, 1950-1952;
analyst, report writer, Dun and Bradstreet, Newark, 1952-1955;
analyst, report writer, Dun and Bradstreet, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1955-1958;
English instructor, Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1958-1959;
English teacher, Dallas (Pennsylvania) Area H.S., 1959-1960;
Professor of English, Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) State College (now Bloomsburg University), 1962-1991;
adjunct Professor of English, Wilkes U., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, since 1994;
adjunct Professor of English, Keystone College, La Plume, Pennsylvania, since 1966;
adjunct Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre, since 1998. Consultant textbooks McGraw Hill Book Company.
New York City, 1987.
Seaman 2d class United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Association of University Professors, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Association Pennsylvania State College and University Retired Faculties.
Married Kathryn Mary Bryan, September 30, 1950 (deceased April 1981). Children: David John, Robert Bryan, John Townley. Married Beverly Jane Smith, March 17, 1984 (deceased November 2004).