Franklyn Bliss Snyder

Franklyn Bliss Snyder

Franklyn Bliss Snyder (? – 1958) was the 18th President of Northwestern University (1939–1949) and an American scholar of Scottish literature.Harvnb
Pridmore|2000|pp=156-158] Snyder was the son of a Congregational minister from Connecticut and grew up in Rockford, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from Beloit College and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1909. Snyder's dissertation was on Robert Burns and was published as "The Life of Robert Burns" in 1922. Snyder joined the Northwestern faculty in 1909, became dean of the Graduate School in 1934, and was elected president of the University in 1939, succeeding Walter Dill Scott. Snyder is remembered as being an ardest conservative and uncompromising administrator.

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*citation|last=Pridmore |first=Jay |title=Northwestern University: Celebrating 150 Years |location=Evanston, IL |publisher=Northwestern University Press |year=2000


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