Background
Clifton, Yerger Hunt was born on July 26, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Yerger Huntand Sudie Cocke (Wilson) C. Bachelor, Duke University, 1952.
Clifton, Yerger Hunt was born on July 26, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Yerger Huntand Sudie Cocke (Wilson) C. Bachelor, Duke University, 1952.
Bachelor, Duke University, 1952. Student, Washington and Lee University, 1952—1953. Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1958.
Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin, 1962. Postgraduate, Oxford University. Postgraduate, University Munich.
Doctor of Letters, University South, 1993.
Instructor, College Williamand Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1958-1960, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1962-1965. Doctor of Letters U. South, 1993. Visiting lecturer Youngstown U. (Ohio), 1964-1965.
Lectr.humanities Memphis College Arts, 1966-1969.
Assistant Professor of English literature Rhodes College, Memphis, 1965-1970, associate professor, 1970-1977, professor, 1977. Dean British studies University College of University of Oxford, 1970-1979, Saint John"s College, 1980, Southern College University Union, director Rhodes in Europe, 1987-1989, consultant International Studies programs, 1988.
Dean British and European studies Associated Colleges of the South, Atlanta, 1989. President 26th Southern Literature Festival, 1967, trustee, 1967-1970.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1956.
Menkenmeller scholar, 1952-1953.
President 26th South Literature Festival, 1967, trustee, 1967—1970. Member of American Association of University Professors, Monteagle Assembly (Tennessee), Green Ribbon Society University South, Oxford Society, Assembly Club, Athenaeum Club, United Oxfrod and Cambridge University Club (London), Phi Kappa Sigma.