About Francis Millet Rogers
Lived 1914 – 1989 (aged 74). Francis Millet Rogers was an American professor and historian.
Francis Millet Rogers (26 November 1914 – 15 August 1989) was an American scholar of Portuguese and other Romance languages. He is notable for having held the first named professorship of the Portuguese language at any American university.
He died on 15 August 1989 in Morristown, New Jersey.
He supervised the doctoral dissertations of several students, among whom the most notable was William Brooks Greenlee who was a renowned scholar of Portuguese and Brazilian history.
He retired from his teaching career in 1981.
Americans of Portuguese descent : a lesson in differentiation Precision astrolabe; Portuguese navigators and transoceanic aviation Higher education in the United States : a summary view Internationalism and the three Portugals A literary note concerning tides and ptolemy From linguistics to literature : Romance studies
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Professor at Harvard, specialist in Portuguese Literature and History
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Francis Millet Rogers was born on 26 November 1914 in New Bedford.
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Francis Millet Rogers died on 15 August 1989 in Morristown.
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Francis Millet Rogers was a professor and historian.
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