Background
Spencer, Theodore was born on July 4, 1902 in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Theodore and Helena Carroll (Frazier) Spencer.
Spencer, Theodore was born on July 4, 1902 in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Theodore and Helena Carroll (Frazier) Spencer.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1923. Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1928.
; 1 son, John; married second, Eloise (Bergland) Worcester, 1948. Instructor and tutor in English, Harvard, 1927-1933, assistant professor, 1933-1939. Appointed lecturer in English literature.
Cambridge University, 1939, but because of war remained at Harvard as visiting lecturer from Cambridge University, 1939-1940.
Resigned Cambridge lectureship, becoming associate Professor of English, Harvard, 1940-1946. Boylston Professor Rhetoric, Oratory, Harvard, since 1946.
Lowell lecturer, 1942. Phi Beta Kappa poet, College of William and Mary, 1942, Tufts College, 1943, Harvard, 1943.
Trustee, Boston Athenaeum, New England Conservatory of Music, Wellesley College.
Fellow in American letters, Library of Congress. Member Modern Language Association of America, Charter. Clubs: Tavern (Boston).
Married Anna M. Murray, 1927 (divorced 1946). Married second, Eloise (Bergland) Worcester, 1948.