Bertrand Harris Bronson
Bertrand Harris Bronson (June 22, 1902 – March 14, 1986) was an American academic and professor in the English department at the University of California, Berkeley.
Biography
He was born on June 22, 1902, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. After studying at the University of Michigan (A.B. 1921) and Harvard University, he spent 3 years at Oriel College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was awarded his PhD by Yale University in 1927.[1] He then became an instructor in English at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving a promotion to Assistant Professor in 1928.[2]
His honours while at the
Bronson's The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (4 vols., 1959–72) was a major contribution to ballad scholarship. In this monumental work, Bronson collected together every tune that he could find for the texts contained in
He died on March 14, 1986.[1]
References
- ^ a b "University of California: In Memoriam, 1986". CaliSphere. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Bertrand H. Bronson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ Bronson, Bertrand (1960). "Child Ballads Traditional in the United States". The Library of Congress, Music Division's Recording Laboratory. pp. 1–21.