Background
Frost, William was born on June 8, 1917 in New York City. Son of John William and Christina (Gurlitz) Frost.
Frost, William was born on June 8, 1917 in New York City. Son of John William and Christina (Gurlitz) Frost.
AB, Bowdoin College, 1938. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1946.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bowdoin College, 1980.
Instructor, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1942-1944. Instructor Yale University, 1946-1947, visiting associate professor, 1958-1959. Assistant professor Wesleyan University, 1947-1951.
Assistant professor University of California, Santa Barbara, 1951-1955, associate professor, 1955-1958, 59-61, acting department chairman English, 1965-1966, chairman,1974-1979, Professor of English, since 1961, co-editor Works of John Dryden, Volunteer IV, 1974.
Guggenheim fellow, 1959, 79-80, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1966-1967, National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1972-1973. Am.Philos. society grantee, 1982-1983.
(Collected Works, Literary Studies)
(Printed in 1971, USA. Pages: 517.)
Member of Modern Language Association, California State Employees Association, Medieval Academy American, Philological Association of Pacific Coast, Elizabethan (Yale University) Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marjorie Hayes Pangburn, August 5, 1942. Children: Marjorie Augusta Frost McCracken, Christina Emily, Clifford William.