Ray, Gordon N. 1915-1986
Enlarge text Shrink text-
Personality
|
System number
987007297239705171
-
Save successfulThe item can be found in your Personal ZoneשגיאהLog in to your account to save
Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Ray, Gordon N. 1915-1986
Other forms of name
Ray, G. N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986
Ray, Gordon, 1915-1986
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986
Ray, Gordon N., 1915-1986
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-
Date of birth
1915-09-08
Date of death
1986-12-15
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
English literature
Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting
illustrated books collectors and collecting
Occupation
College teachers
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Books as a way of life, 2017:ECIP t.p. (Gordon N. Ray) data view (Gordon N. Ray (1915-1986); professor of English at the University of Illinois from 1946 to 1960 and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from 1963 to 1985; one of the major book and manuscript collectors of his time)
- New York times obituaries, February 1, 2017(Dr. Gordon Norton Ray, scholar and author; Dr. Ray was born in New York City on September 8, 1915; grew up in Chicago, received two degrees from Indiana University, and earned his doctorate at Harvard in 1940)
- Thackeray, W. M. The letters and private papers ... 1980, c1945
- Gordon Norton Ray (Gordon Norton Ray (8 September 1915, New York City - 15 December 1986, Manhattan) was an American author, professor of English, and collector of English and French illustrated books and autographed letters from the Victorian era. Ray graduated from Indiana University with A.B. and A.M. in 1936 and from Harvard University with A.M. in 1938 and Ph.D. in 1940. His doctoral thesis on Thackeray has the title Thackeray in France. Ray was an instructor in English at Harvard University from 1940 to 1942 and then in 1942 enlisted in the U.S. Navy as an apprentice seaman. At the University of Illinois, he was a professor of English from 1946 to 1957, also serving as head of the English department, and vice president and provost from 1957 to 1960. He was from 1960 to 1963 the associate secretary general and from 1963 to 1985 the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Ray was a professor of English at New York University from 1962 to 1980, when he retired as professor emeritus. In 1945 and 1946 Harvard University Press published his 4-volume work The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray. Thackeray's heirs released to Ray additional materials (previously unavailable), enabling him to publish two more biographies, Thackeray: The Uses of Adversity, 1811-1846 (1955) and Thackeray: The Age of Wisdom, 1847-1863 (1957). ( (Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 1, 2021:) )
- Thackeray, W. M.The letters and private papers ... 1980, c1945.
- His The art of the French illustrated ... 1986:CIP t.p. (Gordon N. Ray)
- His The art deco book in France, 2005:Ecip data (d. Dec. 15, 1986)