Background
Hornberger, Theodore was born on January 13, 1906 in Northville, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jacob and Katherine (Watson) Hornberger.
Hornberger, Theodore was born on January 13, 1906 in Northville, Michigan, United States. Son of John Jacob and Katherine (Watson) Hornberger.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1927, Master of Arts, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934. Student King’s College, London, England., 1927-1928.
Instructor English, University of Michigan, 1928-1936, assistant professor, 1936-1937. Research fellow Huntington Library, 1936-1937. Professor of English University Texas, 1937-1946.
Visiting summer lecturer Harvard, 1938, Northwestern University, 1940, Duke, 1941, 42, 50, Ohio State University, 1945, U. Colorado, 1966.
Professor of English University of Minnesota, 1946-1960, department chairman, 1950-1958. Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1960-1975, John Welsh Centennial professor of history and English literature, 1968-1975, acting department chairman, 1968-1969, chairman graduate group English, 1965-1967.
Visiting professor North. American literature U. Brazil, 1952. Guggenheim fellow, 1967-1968.
Thord-Gray Lecturing fellow Am-Scandinavian Foundation, Uppsala University, 1973.
Member Modern Language Association American (chairman American literature group 1956, chairman American Literature I 1970), History Science Society (council 1947-1950), National Council Teachers English (chairman college section 1951-1952), College English Association, American Dialect Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Marian Louise Welles, February 7, 1929. Children: Jean Alice (Mistress Roland Cleveland), Katharine Watson (Mistress Allan Denenberg).