Wilfred Sellers Dowden

Background

Dowden, Wilfred Sellers was born on April 5, 1917 in Sebree, Kentucky, United States. Son of Roy Houston and Bessie Grace (Sellers) Dowden.

Education

Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1939. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1949.

Career

Instructor English, Rice U., Houston, 1948-1949; assistant Professor of English, Rice U., Houston, 1949-1952; associate Professor of English, Rice U., Houston, 1952-1960; Professor of English, Rice U., Houston, 1960-1987; professor emeritus English, Rice U., Houston, since 1987. Department chairman English, Rice U., Houston, 1963-1968.

Achievements

• Wilfred Sellers Dowden has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Joseph Conrad; the imaged style
  • The Letters of Thomas Moore Volume II 1818-1847
  • The Letters of Thomas Moore. Volume 1 1793-1818

Membership

Member Advisory Board of Alley Theater, Houston, 1965-1969. Member Modern Language Association (life), South Center Modern Language Association (president 1966-1967), Houston Philosophical Society (president 1967-1968), Faculty Club Rice University (board directors 1970-1971), Fondren Tennis Club.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, fresh and saltwater fishing.

Connections

Married Betty Rose Dillon, July 24, 1944 (deceased 1977). 1 child, Lorel Anne Dowden Hoffman. Married Sumarie Larsen, February 24, 1979.

Father:

Roy Houston Dowden

Mother:

Bessie Grace (Sellers) Dowden

Spouse:

Sumarie Larsen

Spouse:

Betty Rose Dillon

child:

Lorel Anne Dowden Hoffman Dowden