William Burton Todd

Background

Todd, William Burton was born on April 11, 1919 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Booth and Edith Hawkins (Burton) Todd.

Education

Bachelor, Lehigh University, 1940. Master of Arts, Lehigh University, 1947. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lehigh University, 1975.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.

Career

Professor, head department English,, Salem (North Carolina) College, 1949-1954; assistant library, Houghton Library., Harvard University associate Professor of English, University Texas, Austin, 1958; professor, director bibliographical research, University Texas, 1959-1982; Kerr Centennial Professor of English history and culture, University Texas, 1982-1985; Kerr Professor emeritus, University Texas, since 1985; Ransom Center scholar, University Texas, since 1990; J.P.R. Lyell reader in bibliography, Oxford (England) University, 1969-1970. Andrew D. Osbord lecturer U. Western Ontario, 1978. Consultant National Library.

Australia, 1973; D. Nichol Smith lecturer Australian National U., Canberra, 1973. Cecil Oldman Memorial lecturer Leeds (England) University, 1975. Member of advisory board research tools program National Endowment for Humanities, 1977-1978.

International Library. lecturer Leipzig, Germany, 1981. International Literature lecturer, Budapest, 1984. Member of national advisory board Center for the Book, 1978-1988.

Achievements

• William Burton Todd has been listed as a noteworthy English language and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Tauchnitz International Editions in English, 1841-1955: A Bibliographical History

    (This reprint is an encyclopedic account of the Tauchnitz ...)

  • Guy of Warwick

    (Story of Guy of Warwick told by University of Texas scholar.)

  • Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796-1832

    (This work is a definite bibliography of Sir Walter Scott....)

  • Thomas J. Wise: centenary studies.

    (First appearance of this important bibliographical study....)

  • New Adventures Among Old Books an Essay in Eighteenth Century Bibliography

    (Number 4 in the Library Series published by Kansas. iv , ...)

  • Tauchnitz International Editions in English, 1841-1955: A Bibliographical History

    (Reprint of the 1988 first edition. This encyclopedic ac...)

  • Suppressed Commentaries on the Wiseian Forgeries: Addendum to an Enquiry

    (Bibliographical Monograph No. 1)

  • A bibliography of Edmund Burke. With a portrait and facsimiles

    (Physical description:312 p., 8 p. of plates : facsims., p...)

  • The Gutenberg Bible - New Evidence of the Original Printing

    (The Third Hanes Lecture. With an introduction by Paul Kod...)

  • SUPPRESSED COMMENTARIES ON THE WISEIAN FORGERIES ADDENDUM TO AN ENQUIRY.

    (Limited to 500 copies. Second impression Fleck D.41.A.2 ....)

  • Tauchnitz International Editions in English, 1841-
  • Bibliography of Edmund Burke
  • Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1796-1832 by William B. Todd (31-Dec-1998) Hardcover
  • Thomas J. Wise: Centenary Studies
  • Suppressed commentaries on the Wiseian forgeries,
  • The Gutenberg Bible: New evidence of the original printing, a paper (Hanes lecture)

Membership

Served to major infantry Army of the United States, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member Modern Language Association, Bibliographical Society of America (vice president 1981-1984), Bibliographical Society (England), Printing History Society, Johnsonians (chairman 1985), Private Libraries Association (England) (president 1983-1986), Association International de Bibliophilie (France), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Grolier.

Connections

Married Ann Bowden, November 23, 1969. Children by previous marriage: Marilyn Chestnut Todd Guinn, Susan Linda Todd Kramer, Deborah Burton, Terence Kingsley.

Father:

William Booth Todd

Mother:

Edith Hawkins (Burton) Todd

Spouse:

Ann Bowden