Henry Clay Folger Professor William H. Pritchard Emeritus | |
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Born | William Harrison Pritchard, Jr. 1932 (age 91–92) |
Known for | Teaching, literary criticism |
Academic background | |
Education | 1953, A.B., Amherst College 1956, M.A., Harvard University 1960, Ph.D., Harvard University |
Thesis | The uses of nature; a study of Robert Frost's poetry (1960) |
William H. Pritchard (born 1932) is an American literary critic and the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus, at Amherst College.
William Harrison Pritchard, Jr., was born in 1932, the son of William H. Pritchard and Marion (LaGrange) Pritchard of Johnson City, New York.[1] A graduate of Johnson City High School at age 16,[2] he earned an A.B. in philosophy at Amherst College in 1953, and an M.A. (1956) and a Ph.D. in English (1960) at Harvard University,[3] with the dissertation, The uses of nature; a study of Robert Frost's poetry.[4]
Pritchard and Marietta Perl wed in August, 1957, in the Harvard University Chapel.[5]
Pritchard began teaching at Amherst in 1958. His academic interests include American and British 20th century fiction, poetry and literary criticism.[6]