Background

Perry, Thomas Amherst was born on April 26, 1912 in Beaver City, Nebraska, United States. Son of Thomas Charles and Mable Laura (Avis) Perry.

Education

Student public schools, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Bachelor with honors, Park College, 1934. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1936.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1943. Postgraduate, Oxford (England) University, 1964.

Career

Principal, grade school, Des Moines, New Mexico, 1934-1935; assistant Professor of English,, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, 1936-1942; instructor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1943; professor, department head, Control Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, 1943-1963; Fulbright lecturer American language and literature, U. Bucharest, Romania, 1963-1964; Hermann Brown Professor of English,, Southwestern U., Georgetown, Texas, 1964-1965; Professor of English,, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. (formerly East Texas State University), Commerce, 1965-1980; head department, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. (formerly East Texas State University), Commerce, 1969-1972; professor emeritus literature and languages, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. (formerly East Texas State University), Commerce, since 1980. Visiting Professor of English, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1951-1952, U. Autónoma Estado Mexico, Toluca, 1959, N.E. Missouri State University, Kirksville, summer 1965. Member commission on doctorate in English, Federation North Texas State Universities, 1972-1975;member commission on Variorum Glossary, World Shakespeare Congress, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1970-1971.

Member steering committee Romanian Studies Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, summer 1973.

Works

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  • Bibliography of American Literature Translated into Romanian

    (NY 1984 Philosophical Library. With selected Romanian Com...)

  • Passage to Romania
  • A Bibliography of American Literature Translated into Romanian with Selected Rom
  • Romanian Poetry in English Translation
  • From These Roots & Other Poems

Membership

Past member Fayette Library. Board; past member local board Salvation Army, Commerce. Member executive committee Hunt County Republican Party, Greenville, Texas, 1970-1980.

Past member administrative board Methodist Church, Fayette. Past member administrative board 1st Methodist Church, Commerce. Member Modern Language Association (senior bibliographer since 1969), Comparative Literature Association American, Shakespeare Association American, American Literature Translators Association, International Comparative Literature Association, International Shakespeare Association, American Romanian Academy Arts and Sciences, Romanian Studies Association (executive board 1976-1978), Society Romanian Studies, Texas Association College Teachers, Texas Folklore Society, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Coin collecting/numismatics, photography, travel.

Connections

Married Lora Margaret Turner, June 20, 1937. Children: Laura E. Massie, Robert Thomas Tod, Timothy T., Charles Lee.