Background
Merrill, Thomas Franklin was born on January 5, 1932 in Maplewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Earl and Anna Mathilde (Lofgren) Merrill.
Merrill, Thomas Franklin was born on January 5, 1932 in Maplewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Earl and Anna Mathilde (Lofgren) Merrill.
AB cum laude, Princeton University, 1954. Master of Arts, University Nebraska, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1964.
With Irving Trust Company, New York City, 1954, Curtis Public Company, Philadelphia, 1957—1958. Assistant professor English University of California at Los Angeles, 1964—1966. Fulbright lecturer University Bordeaux, France, 1966—1967.
Assistant professor DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1967—1969. Professor University Delaware, Newark, since 1969. With SAC United States Air Force, 1954-1957, with SAC United States Air Force, 1962.
Member of Modern Language Association, Princeton of New York.
Married Mary Jane Mong, June 21, 1957. Children: Kimberly Anne, Charles Everett, Elizabeth Maughan, Patrick Thomas.