Jeffrey Hart

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Jeffrey Hart
English Literature
Years active1963–1993
Employer(s)Dartmouth College
National Review
TitleProfessor emeritus
Political partyFormer Republican

Jeffrey Peter Hart (February 23, 1930 – February 16, 2019) was an American cultural critic, essayist, columnist, and Professor Emeritus of English at Dartmouth College.

Life and career

Hart was born and raised in

PhD, both in English literature.[1][2]

During the Korean War he served in U.S. Naval Intelligence in Boston.[1][3]

After a short period teaching at Columbia, Hart became Professor of

fossil fuels he made it a point to commute to campus in a Cadillac limousine.[4][5][6]

In 1962 he joined

William F. Buckley's conservative journal National Review as a book reviewer, requiring a trip from Hanover, New Hampshire to New York City every other week.[5] Later, he would contribute as a writer and senior editor for the better part of the ensuing three decades, even as he fulfilled his teaching responsibilities as a professor at Dartmouth.[7]

Hart took a leave of absence from Dartmouth in 1968 to work for the abortive presidential campaign of Governor of California Ronald Reagan. This role led him to briefly serve as a White House speechwriter for Richard Nixon.[5] After nomination by his former student Reggie Williams, Hart was honored with his college's Outstanding Teaching Award in 1992. He also received the Young America's Foundation Engalitcheff Prize in 1996, among other academic accolades. In 1998, he served as a visiting lecturer at Nichols College.[5]

The Dartmouth Review was founded in his living room in 1980, and he served as an adviser to it until his death.[3] He wrote a regular column for King Features Syndicate[5] and retired from teaching.

He launched a

American Conservative, the Washington Monthly, and The Wall Street Journal. Hart supported John Kerry in the 2004 election and Barack Obama in 2008.[3][8][9]

He died on February 16, 2019, at age 88.[10][11]

Publications

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Hart on Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe, January 13, 2002, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Hart on The Making of the American Conservative Mind, February 9, 2006, C-SPAN

References

  1. ^ a b "Guide to the Papers of Jeffrey P. Hart, 1982–2005". Rauner Special Collections Library. Dartmouth College. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  2. ^ "BOOKSHELF". Columbia College Today. November 2001. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c
    Dartmouth Review. Archived from the original
    on October 26, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  4. ^ Robinson, Peter. "The Complete Hart". National Review. Archived from the original on December 21, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c d e
    Dartmouth Review. Archived from the original
    on July 6, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  6. ^ D'Souza, Dinesh. "Serious Jokes". National Review. Archived from the original on December 16, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  7. ^ Heer, Jeet (February 20, 2015). "Genocide as "Sanity and Cultural Health": National Review on India".
  8. ^ Heilbrunn, Jacob (May 2006). "The Great Conservative Crackup: What National Review wrought". Washington Monthly. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016.
  9. ^ Jamison, Peter (February 7, 2008). "Archconservative Sides With Democrat". Valley News. White River Junction, Vermont. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008.
  10. ^ "Jeffrey Hart, R.I.P." National Review. February 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "Professor Jeff Hart passes at 88". The Dartmouth Review. February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.

External links

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