John DeLancey Ferguson

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John DeLancey Ferguson
BornNovember 13, 1888
Scottsville, New York
DiedAugust 13, 1966 (aged 78)

John DeLancey Ferguson (November 13, 1888 – August 13, 1966) was a writer and academic.

Early life[edit]

Ferguson was born at Scottsville, New York in 1888.

Academic career[edit]

Ferguson attended Rutgers University, where he achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 and Master of Arts in 1912.[1] He then received his PhD from Columbia University.[2][1]

He began his teaching career at Heidelberg College in 1914. He also taught at Ohio Wesleyan University, Case Western Reserve University and Brooklyn College.[3] Ferguson was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a member of the Modern Language Association, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Robert Burns[edit]

Ferguson is considered to be one of the foremost scholars of the life and work of Robert Burns.[4][5] He was appointed as an honorary member of the Irvine Burns Club in 1962.[3]

Death[edit]

Ferguson died in 1966 in Connecticut after living with Parkinson's disease.[5]

Publications[edit]

  • The Relations of the State to Religion in New York and New Jersey during the Colonial Period. New Brunswick: Rutgers College, 1912.[2]
  • American literature in Spain. New York: Columbia University Press, 1916.[2][6]
  • Selected Poems of Robert Burns. New York: Macmillan, 1926.[2]
  • The Letters of Robert Burns. Vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931[7][2]
  • Some aspects of the Burns legend (1932)
  • Men and Moments: A Book of Living Narratives. New York: Knight, 1938[2]
  • Theme and Variation in the Short Story. New York: The Cordon Company, 1938[2]
  • Pride and passion: Robert Burns, 1759-1796. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939[8][2]
  • with Robert Tyson Fitzhugh, Robert Burns, His Associates and Contemporaries. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1943.[2]
  • Mark Twain, man and legend (1943)[9][10]
  • The Merry Muses of Caledonia. with James Barke and Sydney Goodsir Smith. New York: Putnam, 1959.
  • The Poems of Robert Burns. Glasgow: The University Press, 1965[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | DeLancey Ferguson". Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "John DeLancey Ferguson (1888-1966): An Appreciation By Corey Andrews". www.electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. ^ a b "Hon. mem. 1956-62". irvineburnsclub.org. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. ^ Barke, James (20 July 1946). "Robert Burns: The 150th Anniversary of his Death". The Scotsman.
  5. ^ a b Thornton, Robert D (1967). "Professor John DeLancey Ferguson". Burns Chronicle.
  6. ^ Ferguson, J. De Lancey (1966). American literature in Spain. New York: AMS Press. OCLC 354490.
  7. ^ Burns, Robert; Ferguson, J. De Lancey (1931). The letters of Robert Burns. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 263564.
  8. ^ Ferguson, J. De Lancey (1964). Pride and passion: Robert Burns, 1759-1796. New York: Russell & Russell. OCLC 1088803.
  9. ^ Ferguson, J. De Lancey (1966). Mark Twain, man and legend. New York: Russell & Russell. ISBN 978-0-8462-0744-3. OCLC 1486482.
  10. ^ Ferguson, John DeLancey (1971). Mark Twain: Man and Legend. Russell & Russell.


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