Arthur went by his middle name Dwight, he was a English Professor at Yale University, and he also spent 3 years teaching at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Dwight also wrote several books. His wife Helen, was also a English Professor. Dwight supplied me with the information on his family, and I want to thank him for this. If only more would have taking the time like Dwight did, this book would be more complete.
This next article was in the Who's who in America, 44th edition, 1986 - 87, Vol. 1.
Culler, Arthur Dwight, English language educator: born in McPherson, Kansas in July 24, 1917; son of Arthur Jerome and Susanna (Stover) Culler; he was married to Helen Elizabeth Lucile Simpson on September 14, 1941; he has a B. A. from Oberlin College in 1938; PhD from Yale University in 1941. Instructor in English at Cornell University from 1941 to 1942; instructor then asst. at Yale University from 1946 to 1955; professor of English from 1958 to 1985; chairman of the English department from 1971 to 1975; associate professor of English, from the University of Illinois from 1955 to 1958.
Author: The Imperial Intellect; A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal, in 1955, Editor: (J.H.Newman) Apologis pro Vita Sua in 1956, (with G.P.Clark) Student and Society, in 1959, Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold, in 1961; Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold, in 1966; The Poetry of Tennyson 1977; The Victorian Mirror of History 1986. Fulbright fellow in English from 1950 to 1951; Guggenheim fellow from 1961 to 1962, 76; NEH fellow from 1979 to 1980. member of MLA, Phi Beta Kappa.
In Memoriam: A. Dwight Culler, Renowned scholar of Victorian literature
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, for A. Dwight Culler, the Emily Sanford Professor of English Emeritus, who died on January 27 in Hamden. He was 88 years old. The service will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Dr. in Hamden, where Culler had resided.
Culler was a specialist in Victorian literature and chaired the Department of English from 1971 to 1975. He approached the teaching of literature in a broadly humanistic fashion, mingling the concerns of cultural history with those of New Criticism. His major works dealt with the educational thought of John Henry Newman, the poetry of Matthew Arnold and Tennyson, and what he called "the Victorian mirror of history," the habit of the Victorians to perceive analogies between their age and various periods in the past and interpret their age in terms of those analogies.
His books include "The Imperial Intellect: A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal" (1955), "Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold" (1966), "The Poetry of Tennyson" (1977) and "The Victorian Mirror of History" (1986).
"Dwight Culler was a world-famous scholar of Victorian literature who also contributed bountifully and effectively to his department and his University," said his former Yale colleague Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English. "During my years of teaching at Yale, he was the best department chairman we ever had."
Robinson added that what made Culler stand out as an administrator was his efficiency and fairness. "He had the trust of everybody," he explained. "He never did anything other than what was best for the University and for the English department."
Culler was born on July 25, 1917 in McPherson, Kansas, to Arthur Jerome Culler and Mary Stover Culler. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1938. He earned his Ph.D. in English at Yale in 1941. In that year, he married fellow graduate student in English Helen Lucille Simpson, who has been his wife of 65 years.
Culler taught at Cornell University 1941 to 1942. As a conscientious objector in World War II, he spent three-and-a-half years in Civilian Public Service, working as a hospital orderly and for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Dwight Culler was a person of great integrity and intensity," says his former colleague Martin Price, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English. "His serving as a conscientious objector [CO] during the war is an illustration of his integrity. He served some time in CO camps rather than take up arms in the war."
After the war, Culler became an assistant professor at Yale. He moved to the University of Illinois in 1955, but returned to Yale as a professor of English in 1958, serving until he retired in 1985.
In addition to his wife, Culler is survived by his children, Elizabeth Culler of Hamden and Jonathan Culler of Ithaca, New York; and three grandchildren: Lea Morrison, Kai Morrison and William Culler-Chase.
Dwight also wrote several books. His wife Helen, was also a English Professor. Dwight supplied me with the information on his family, and I want to thank him for this. If only more would have taking the time like Dwight did, this book would be more complete.
This next article was in the Who's who in America, 44th edition, 1986 - 87, Vol. 1.
Culler, Arthur Dwight, English language educator: born in McPherson, Kansas in July 24, 1917; son of Arthur Jerome and Susanna (Stover) Culler; he was married to Helen Elizabeth Lucile Simpson on September 14, 1941; he has a B. A. from Oberlin College in 1938; PhD from Yale University in 1941. Instructor in English at Cornell University from 1941 to 1942; instructor then asst. at Yale University from 1946 to 1955; professor of English from 1958 to 1985; chairman of the English department from 1971 to 1975; associate professor of English, from the University of Illinois from 1955 to 1958.
Author: The Imperial Intellect; A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal, in 1955, Editor: (J.H.Newman) Apologis pro Vita Sua in 1956, (with G.P.Clark) Student and Society, in 1959, Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold, in 1961; Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold, in 1966; The Poetry of Tennyson 1977; The Victorian Mirror of History 1986. Fulbright fellow in English from 1950 to 1951; Guggenheim fellow from 1961 to 1962, 76; NEH fellow from 1979 to 1980. member of MLA, Phi Beta Kappa.
In Memoriam: A. Dwight Culler, Renowned scholar of Victorian literature
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, for A. Dwight Culler, the Emily Sanford Professor of English Emeritus, who died on January 27 in Hamden. He was 88 years old. The service will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Dr. in Hamden, where Culler had resided.
Culler was a specialist in Victorian literature and chaired the Department of English from 1971 to 1975. He approached the teaching of literature in a broadly humanistic fashion, mingling the concerns of cultural history with those of New Criticism. His major works dealt with the educational thought of John Henry Newman, the poetry of Matthew Arnold and Tennyson, and what he called "the Victorian mirror of history," the habit of the Victorians to perceive analogies between their age and various periods in the past and interpret their age in terms of those analogies.
His books include "The Imperial Intellect: A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal" (1955), "Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold" (1966), "The Poetry of Tennyson" (1977) and "The Victorian Mirror of History" (1986).
"Dwight Culler was a world-famous scholar of Victorian literature who also contributed bountifully and effectively to his department and his University," said his former Yale colleague Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English. "During my years of teaching at Yale, he was the best department chairman we ever had."
Robinson added that what made Culler stand out as an administrator was his efficiency and fairness. "He had the trust of everybody," he explained. "He never did anything other than what was best for the University and for the English department."
Culler was born on July 25, 1917 in McPherson, Kansas, to Arthur Jerome Culler and Mary Stover Culler. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1938. He earned his Ph.D. in English at Yale in 1941. In that year, he married fellow graduate student in English Helen Lucille Simpson, who has been his wife of 65 years.
Culler taught at Cornell University 1941 to 1942. As a conscientious objector in World War II, he spent three-and-a-half years in Civilian Public Service, working as a hospital orderly and for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Dwight Culler was a person of great integrity and intensity," says his former colleague Martin Price, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English. "His serving as a conscientious objector [CO] during the war is an illustration of his integrity. He served some time in CO camps rather than take up arms in the war."
After the war, Culler became an assistant professor at Yale. He moved to the University of Illinois in 1955, but returned to Yale as a professor of English in 1958, serving until he retired in 1985.
In addition to his wife, Culler is survived by his children, Elizabeth Culler of Hamden and Jonathan Culler of Ithaca, New York; and three grandchildren: Lea Morrison, Kai Morrison and William Culler-Chase.
Arthur went by his middle name Dwight, he was a English Professor at Yale University, and he also spent 3 years teaching at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Dwight also wrote several books. His wife Helen, was also a English Professor. Dwight supplied me with the information on his family, and I want to thank him for this. If only more would have taking the time like Dwight did, this book would be more complete.
This next article was in the Who's who in America, 44th edition, 1986 - 87, Vol. 1.
Culler, Arthur Dwight, English language educator: born in McPherson, Kansas in July 24, 1917; son of Arthur Jerome and Susanna (Stover) Culler; he was married to Helen Elizabeth Lucile Simpson on September 14, 1941; he has a B. A. from Oberlin College in 1938; PhD from Yale University in 1941. Instructor in English at Cornell University from 1941 to 1942; instructor then asst. at Yale University from 1946 to 1955; professor of English from 1958 to 1985; chairman of the English department from 1971 to 1975; associate professor of English, from the University of Illinois from 1955 to 1958.
Author: The Imperial Intellect; A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal, in 1955, Editor: (J.H.Newman) Apologis pro Vita Sua in 1956, (with G.P.Clark) Student and Society, in 1959, Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold, in 1961; Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold, in 1966; The Poetry of Tennyson 1977; The Victorian Mirror of History 1986. Fulbright fellow in English from 1950 to 1951; Guggenheim fellow from 1961 to 1962, 76; NEH fellow from 1979 to 1980. member of MLA, Phi Beta Kappa.
In Memoriam: A. Dwight Culler, Renowned scholar of Victorian literature
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, for A. Dwight Culler, the Emily Sanford Professor of English Emeritus, who died on January 27 in Hamden. He was 88 years old. The service will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Dr. in Hamden, where Culler had resided.
Culler was a specialist in Victorian literature and chaired the Department of English from 1971 to 1975. He approached the teaching of literature in a broadly humanistic fashion, mingling the concerns of cultural history with those of New Criticism. His major works dealt with the educational thought of John Henry Newman, the poetry of Matthew Arnold and Tennyson, and what he called "the Victorian mirror of history," the habit of the Victorians to perceive analogies between their age and various periods in the past and interpret their age in terms of those analogies.
His books include "The Imperial Intellect: A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal" (1955), "Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold" (1966), "The Poetry of Tennyson" (1977) and "The Victorian Mirror of History" (1986).
"Dwight Culler was a world-famous scholar of Victorian literature who also contributed bountifully and effectively to his department and his University," said his former Yale colleague Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English. "During my years of teaching at Yale, he was the best department chairman we ever had."
Robinson added that what made Culler stand out as an administrator was his efficiency and fairness. "He had the trust of everybody," he explained. "He never did anything other than what was best for the University and for the English department."
Culler was born on July 25, 1917 in McPherson, Kansas, to Arthur Jerome Culler and Mary Stover Culler. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1938. He earned his Ph.D. in English at Yale in 1941. In that year, he married fellow graduate student in English Helen Lucille Simpson, who has been his wife of 65 years.
Culler taught at Cornell University 1941 to 1942. As a conscientious objector in World War II, he spent three-and-a-half years in Civilian Public Service, working as a hospital orderly and for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Dwight Culler was a person of great integrity and intensity," says his former colleague Martin Price, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English. "His serving as a conscientious objector [CO] during the war is an illustration of his integrity. He served some time in CO camps rather than take up arms in the war."
After the war, Culler became an assistant professor at Yale. He moved to the University of Illinois in 1955, but returned to Yale as a professor of English in 1958, serving until he retired in 1985.
In addition to his wife, Culler is survived by his children, Elizabeth Culler of Hamden and Jonathan Culler of Ithaca, New York; and three grandchildren: Lea Morrison, Kai Morrison and William Culler-Chase.
Dwight also wrote several books. His wife Helen, was also a English Professor. Dwight supplied me with the information on his family, and I want to thank him for this. If only more would have taking the time like Dwight did, this book would be more complete.
This next article was in the Who's who in America, 44th edition, 1986 - 87, Vol. 1.
Culler, Arthur Dwight, English language educator: born in McPherson, Kansas in July 24, 1917; son of Arthur Jerome and Susanna (Stover) Culler; he was married to Helen Elizabeth Lucile Simpson on September 14, 1941; he has a B. A. from Oberlin College in 1938; PhD from Yale University in 1941. Instructor in English at Cornell University from 1941 to 1942; instructor then asst. at Yale University from 1946 to 1955; professor of English from 1958 to 1985; chairman of the English department from 1971 to 1975; associate professor of English, from the University of Illinois from 1955 to 1958.
Author: The Imperial Intellect; A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal, in 1955, Editor: (J.H.Newman) Apologis pro Vita Sua in 1956, (with G.P.Clark) Student and Society, in 1959, Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold, in 1961; Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold, in 1966; The Poetry of Tennyson 1977; The Victorian Mirror of History 1986. Fulbright fellow in English from 1950 to 1951; Guggenheim fellow from 1961 to 1962, 76; NEH fellow from 1979 to 1980. member of MLA, Phi Beta Kappa.
In Memoriam: A. Dwight Culler, Renowned scholar of Victorian literature
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, for A. Dwight Culler, the Emily Sanford Professor of English Emeritus, who died on January 27 in Hamden. He was 88 years old. The service will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the Whitney Center, 200 Leeder Hill Dr. in Hamden, where Culler had resided.
Culler was a specialist in Victorian literature and chaired the Department of English from 1971 to 1975. He approached the teaching of literature in a broadly humanistic fashion, mingling the concerns of cultural history with those of New Criticism. His major works dealt with the educational thought of John Henry Newman, the poetry of Matthew Arnold and Tennyson, and what he called "the Victorian mirror of history," the habit of the Victorians to perceive analogies between their age and various periods in the past and interpret their age in terms of those analogies.
His books include "The Imperial Intellect: A Study of Newman's Educational Ideal" (1955), "Imaginative Reason: The Poetry of Matthew Arnold" (1966), "The Poetry of Tennyson" (1977) and "The Victorian Mirror of History" (1986).
"Dwight Culler was a world-famous scholar of Victorian literature who also contributed bountifully and effectively to his department and his University," said his former Yale colleague Fred C. Robinson, the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus of English. "During my years of teaching at Yale, he was the best department chairman we ever had."
Robinson added that what made Culler stand out as an administrator was his efficiency and fairness. "He had the trust of everybody," he explained. "He never did anything other than what was best for the University and for the English department."
Culler was born on July 25, 1917 in McPherson, Kansas, to Arthur Jerome Culler and Mary Stover Culler. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1938. He earned his Ph.D. in English at Yale in 1941. In that year, he married fellow graduate student in English Helen Lucille Simpson, who has been his wife of 65 years.
Culler taught at Cornell University 1941 to 1942. As a conscientious objector in World War II, he spent three-and-a-half years in Civilian Public Service, working as a hospital orderly and for the U.S. Forest Service.
"Dwight Culler was a person of great integrity and intensity," says his former colleague Martin Price, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English. "His serving as a conscientious objector [CO] during the war is an illustration of his integrity. He served some time in CO camps rather than take up arms in the war."
After the war, Culler became an assistant professor at Yale. He moved to the University of Illinois in 1955, but returned to Yale as a professor of English in 1958, serving until he retired in 1985.
In addition to his wife, Culler is survived by his children, Elizabeth Culler of Hamden and Jonathan Culler of Ithaca, New York; and three grandchildren: Lea Morrison, Kai Morrison and William Culler-Chase.
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