Background
Blanshard, Rufus Anderson was born on August 30, 1921 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Paul Beecher and Julia (Anderson) Blanshard.
Blanshard, Rufus Anderson was born on August 30, 1921 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Paul Beecher and Julia (Anderson) Blanshard.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Swarthmore College, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1951.
English instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1952-1955; from instructor to associate Professor of English, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1955-1991; associate professor emeritus, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1991. Teacher N.E. Correctionional Center, Mansfield, Connecticut, 1991-1996, Elderhostel, Ivoryton, Connecticut, 1993, Center for Learning in Retirement, 1996.
With Literature Volumes, since 1991. With United States Army, European Theatre of Operations.
Married Jane Lockwood Ferguson, December 23, 1952. Children: Clemency Lockwood Blanshard Wings, Fergus Anderson, Luke Anderson, Todd Emanuel, Bailey Coulter.