Myra Reynolds | |
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Born | March 18, 1853
Troupsburg |
Died | August 20, 1936
(aged 83) Los Angeles |
Occupation | Literary scholar |
Myra Reynolds (March 18, 1853 – August 20, 1936) was an American literary scholar.
Myra Reynolds was born on March 18, 1853, in Troupsburg, New York. [1] She attended a normal school in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, from 1867 to 1870, after which she may have taught at the primary or secondary level. [1] She entered Vassar College in 1876 and graduated with an AB in 1880. [1] She then taught at Wells College as head of the English department from 1880 to 1882 [2] as well as at the Free Academy in Corning, New York; and at Vassar. [1]
In 1895, Reynolds received a PhD in English at the University of Chicago, where she was eventually appointed full professor in 1911. [1] Early in her career, she specialized in the poetry of William Wordsworth. [3] As of 1897, as an assistant professor, she taught a popular course called "Masterpieces in English Literature". [4] As a literary scholar, Reynolds wrote on English poetry and edited selections from the work of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning. [5]
She retired in 1923, moving to near Pasadena, California. [1] [6] Reynolds died on August 20, 1936, in Los Angeles. [1]
Myra Reynolds | |
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Born | March 18, 1853
Troupsburg |
Died | August 20, 1936
(aged 83) Los Angeles |
Occupation | Literary scholar |
Myra Reynolds (March 18, 1853 – August 20, 1936) was an American literary scholar.
Myra Reynolds was born on March 18, 1853, in Troupsburg, New York. [1] She attended a normal school in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, from 1867 to 1870, after which she may have taught at the primary or secondary level. [1] She entered Vassar College in 1876 and graduated with an AB in 1880. [1] She then taught at Wells College as head of the English department from 1880 to 1882 [2] as well as at the Free Academy in Corning, New York; and at Vassar. [1]
In 1895, Reynolds received a PhD in English at the University of Chicago, where she was eventually appointed full professor in 1911. [1] Early in her career, she specialized in the poetry of William Wordsworth. [3] As of 1897, as an assistant professor, she taught a popular course called "Masterpieces in English Literature". [4] As a literary scholar, Reynolds wrote on English poetry and edited selections from the work of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Robert Browning. [5]
She retired in 1923, moving to near Pasadena, California. [1] [6] Reynolds died on August 20, 1936, in Los Angeles. [1]