About Herschel Baker
Lived 1914 – 1990 (aged 75). Herschel Baker was an American scholar of English, literary scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
Herschel Clay Baker (8 November 1914, Cleburne, Texas – 2 February 1990, Belmont, Massachusetts) was an American professor of English literature, specializing in the intellectual history of Christian humanism and its erosion.
He studied at Southern Methodist University and received his PhD from Harvard in 1939. He then taught at the University of Texas for seven years, In 1946 he joined the staff of Harvard, and later served several terms as the chair of its English department. In 1966 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Southern Methodist University.
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Who was Herschel Baker?
American professor
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Herschel Baker was born on 8 November 1914 in Cleburne.
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Herschel Baker died on 2 February 1990 in Belmont.
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Herschel Baker was a scholar of English, literary scholar, university teacher and man of letters.
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Herschel Baker was American.
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