LUMIANSKY, ROBERT M.
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1913-1987. Citadel Class of 1933. Born in Darlington, S. C., Robert Mayer Lumiansky was an author, scholar, educator. M. A., University of South Carolina, 1935. Ph.D. and LL.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Served in U.S. Army during World War II, attaining the rank of Major. Awarded the Bronze Star, French Croix de Guerre, Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. Professor of English at several universities, including: Duke University, 1963-1965; Tulane University, ; University of Pennsylvania (department chair, 1965-1973); New York University, 1975-1983. Author of numerous scholarly works, including Of Sondry Folk: The Dramatic Principle in the Canterbury Tales (PR1874 .L8 1955) and a modern English translation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (PR1870 .A1 L8 1960). (Sources: Who Was Who in America, vol. 9, 1985-89, pp. 224-225. REF E176 .W642 1985-1989; "Robert Mayer Lumiansky." Marquis Who's Who, 2006) (HN, DH & EC)
