Background
III, Russell Perry Sebold was born on August 20, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Russell Perry and Mary (Kiger) S.
Romance languages educator author
III, Russell Perry Sebold was born on August 20, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Russell Perry and Mary (Kiger) S.
Student, University Chicago, 1945-1947; Bachelor of Arts, Indiana U., 1949; Master of Arts (Woodrow Wilson fellow), Princeton University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy and Letters (honorary), University Alicante, Spain, 1984.
Instructor Spanish,, Duke U., 1955-1956;
instructor Spanish,, University of Wisconsin, 1956-1958;
assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, 1958-1962;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1962-1966;
professor Spanish, department chairman foreign languages and literature, U. Maryland., 1966-1968;
professor Spanish,, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1988;
department chairman Romance languages, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1978;
Edwin B. and Leonore R. Williams professor Romance languages, University of Pennsylvania, since 1988. Member of advisory committee Society Ibero-American Enlightenment, since 1968, treasurer, since 1969. Steering committee American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, since 1970.
Correspondingacademician Royal Spanish Academy, since 1993, Royal Academy Humane Letters of Barcelona, since 1993.
Author: Tomás de Iriarte: poeta de rapto racional, 1961, El rapto de la mente, 1970, 2nd edit, 1989, Colonel Don José Cadalso, 1970, Cadalso: el primer romántico europeo de España, 1974, Novela y autobiografía en la Vida de Torres Villarroel, 1975, Trayectoriadel romanticismo español, 1983, Descubrimiento y fronteras del neoclasicismo español, 1985, Bécquer en sus narraciones fantásticas, 1989, De Ilustrados y románticos, 1992. Author, editor: Fray Gerundio de Campazas (José Francisco de Isla), 4 vols, 1960-1964, 2d edition, 1992, Visiones y visitas de Torres con don Francisco de Quevedo por la Corte (Diego de Torres Villarroel), 1966, 2d edition, 1991,Numancia destruida (Ignacio López de Ayala), 1971, Poética (Ignacio de Luzán), 1977, Comedias (Tomás de Iriarte), 1978. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (antologia crítica), 1985, Vida (Diego de Torres Villarroel), 1985, Rimas (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer), 1991, (withDavid T. Gies) Ilustraciónew york neoclasicismo, 1992, Noches lugubres(José de Cadalso), 1993, (with Jesus Perez Magallon) El hombre practico (Conde de Fernán Nuñez), 1996, Cartas marruecas, Noches lugubres (Jose de Cadalso), 1999.
General editor: Hispanic Review, 1968-1997. Advisory editor Eighteenth Century Studies, 1983, Cuadernos para Investigación de la Literatura Hispánica, since 1987, Discurso Literario, since 1987, El Gnomo, since 1992, Dieciocho, since 1994, Siglo XIX, 1995. Columnist ABC newspaper, Madrid, since 1985.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Served with Army of the United States, 1953-1955. Member American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, American Association Teachers French, Center 18th Century Studies (Oviedo, Spain), Sociedad de Literatura Española del Siglo XIX, Hispanic Society American (corresponding member), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Delta Pi.
Married Jane Norvell Hale, November 24, 1955. Children: Mary Norvell, Alice Hale.