Background
Elias, Robert Henry was born on September 17, 1914 in New York City. Son of Henry Hart and Edna Weil (Bernhard) Elias.
Elias, Robert Henry was born on September 17, 1914 in New York City. Son of Henry Hart and Edna Weil (Bernhard) Elias.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1936; A.M., Columbia, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1948.
Instructor English, assistant history, University of Pennsylvania, 1942-1945;
instructor English, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1945-1949;
assistant professor, then associate Professor of English, Cornell Univercity, 1949-1959;
professor, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1968;
Ernest I. White professor American studies, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1964;
also Chairman of Commission American studies, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1964, 66-67, 75-78;
secretary faculty, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1968;
Goldwin Smith Professor of English literature and American studies, Cornell Univercity, 1968-1980;
emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1980. Fulbright-Hays lecturer U. Toulouse, France, 1963-1964, Centre d'Etudes Anglaises et Nord-americaines, Pau, France, 1968. Lecturer, member corporation Nathan Mayhew Seminars of Martha's Vineyard, 1980-1988.
A.S.W. Rosenbachlectr. in bibliography, University of Pennsylvania, 1971. Member West Tisbury (Massachusetts) History Commission, 1981-1996.
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Member Modern Language Association, American Studies Association (co-founder New York State 1951), Massachusetts Archaeol.
Married Helen Beatrice Larson, June 13, 1947. Children— Jonathan Hart, Abigail, Sara, Eben Lars.