Jack H. Adamson

Jack H. Adamson

Jack Hale Adamson (1918-1975) was a literary scholar, biographer, teacher, and university administrator. The son of Scottish emigrants, Jack was born in 1918 in the small town of Carey, Idaho. Born and raised in the Mormon Church (known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), he served a church mission to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1938-39. He later served in the Army Air Force in World War II and the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War. He received a PhD in English literature from Harvard University in 1956, specializing in the poetry and political philosophy of John Milton. He then accepted an appointment as professor of English at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. From 1960 through 1965, he served in administrative posts at Utah, including English Dept. Chair, Dean of Letters and Science, and Academic Vice President. In 1965, he returned to full-time teaching and research. Along with co-author Harold F. Folland, he wrote "The Shepherd of the Ocean", a biography of Sir Walter Raleigh, which was published simultaneously in the United States and Great Britain. The book was named a "Notable Book of 1969" by the New York Times. In 1974, Adamson and Folland published a biography of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, early governor of Massachusetts and central figure in the English Revolution. The book received nomination for the National Book Award.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jack Hides — Jack Gordon Hides (June 24 1906 – June 19 1938) was an explorer of the then Australian controlled territories of Papua and New Guinea, now modern Papua New Guinea. He served as a Patrol Officer from 1931 to 1936, and led several expeditions in… …   Wikipedia

  • Jack Kingston — John Heddens „Jack“ Kingston (* 24. April 1955 in Bryan, Texas) ist ein US amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Er vertritt den Bundesstaat Georgia seit 1993 im US R …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jack Thomas Brinkley — (* 22. Dezember 1930 in Faceville, Decatur County, Georgia) ist ein ehemaliger US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1967 und 1983 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Georgia im US Repräsentantenhaus. Werdegang Jack Brinkley besuchte die öffentlichen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • George Adamson — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Adamson. George Adamson Nom de naissance George Alexander Graham Adamson Surnom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Joy Adamson — Joy Adamson, eigentlich Friederike Victoria Adamson (* 20. Jänner 1910 in Troppau, Österreich Ungarn; † 3. Jänner 1980 im Shaba Nationalreservat in Kenia[1]) war eine Naturforscherin, Malerin und Schriftstellerin, die durch ihr Buch „Frei geboren …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dave Adamson — Personal information Full name David H. Adamson Date of birth …   Wikipedia

  • Sunny Adamson — Infobox soap character series = Search for Tomorrow portrayer = Marcia McCabe first = last = cause = creator = caption1 = gender = Female born = death = occupation = newspaper reporter, tv news anchor title = residence = Henderson, USA parents =… …   Wikipedia

  • Milton, John — born Dec. 9, 1608, London, Eng. died Nov. 8, 1674, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire English poet. A brilliant youth, Milton attended Cambridge University (1625–32), where he wrote poems in Latin, Italian, and English; these included L Allegro… …   Universalium

  • Henry Vane the Younger — Infobox Governor name = Sir Henry Vane the Younger order = office = Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony term start = 1636 term end = 1637 lieutenant = predecessor = John Haynes successor = John Winthrop birth date = 1613 birth place =… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Mitglieder des US-Repräsentantenhauses aus Georgia — Jack Kingston, derzeitiger Vertreter des ersten Kongresswahlbezirks von Georgia …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”