Background
Oliphant, Robert Thompson was born on October 24, 1924 in Tulsa. Son of Stephen Duncan and Dorothy Ann (Thompson) Oliphant.
Oliphant, Robert Thompson was born on October 24, 1924 in Tulsa. Son of Stephen Duncan and Dorothy Ann (Thompson) Oliphant.
AB, Washington and Jefferson College, 1949; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1962.
Assistant professor, California State University, Northridge, 1959-1963; associate professor, California State University, Northridge, 1964-1968; Professor of English, California State University, Northridge, since 1969.
Married Lois Ann Millett, April 10, 1956 (divorced July 1965). Children: Matthew Duncan, Jason Stewart. Married Jane H. Johnson, July 26, 1965.