Theodore Morrison

Background

Morrison, Theodore was born on November 4, 1901 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Henry Kent and Emma Marshall (Howard-Smith) Morrison.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1923; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1951.

Career

Assistant in English, Harvard University, 1923-1925; instructor, tutor English, Harvard University, 1931-1937; assistant professor, Harvard University, 1937-1939; lecturer English, Harvard University, 1939-1963; Professor of English, Harvard University, from 1963; then emeritus, Harvard University. Teacher occasional seminar on writing for Nieman Fellows, from 1944. Editorial staff Atlantic Monthly Press and Atlantic Monthly, 1925-1930.

Achievements

• Theodore Morrison has been listed as a notable Language educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Portable Chaucer

    (Very minimal signs of shelf wear to cover, but all pages ...)

  • The Devious Way

    (Book by Morrison, Theodore)

  • The Portable Chaucer
  • Chautauqua: A Centre for Education, Religion and the Arts in America
  • The Whole Creation
  • The Dream Of Alcestis
  • Notes of death and life,
  • The Dream of Alcestis
  • Leave of Absence
  • The Portable Chaucer
  • The Portable Chaucer
  • The Serpent In The Cloud: A Poem

Membership

Joined staff Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury College, 1930, director, 1932-1955. Consultant course in composition, speech and American History Army Air Forces Premeteorol. Training Program, 1943.

Member American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Florence Kathleen Johnston, October 22, 1927. Children: Robert Henry, Anne Guthrie.

Father:

Henry Kent Morrison

Mother:

Emma Marshall (Howard-Smith) Morrison

Spouse:

Florence Kathleen Johnston

child:

Robert Henry Morrison

child:

Anne Guthrie Morrison