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Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, is recovering from a stroke he suffered last Tuesday and will be unable to lecture in English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," for the rest of the term. James T. Engell '73, assistant professor of English, who will take over Bate's classes, made the announcement to a stunned class yesterday...
...Bate said yesterday that his condition was very much improved and he was "up and about." An admitted "workaholic," Bate spent an hour in his Widener office yesterday "to get some exercise...
...Bate attributed his illness to an "overabundance of writing, research and meetings...overworking." He will spend several months recuperating and hopes to continue with course work in the spring term...
...Bate is best known among Harvard students for English 140b, his extremely popular course on the literature of the late 18th century. "Mr. Bate blends a real knowledge of the subject with an ability to express it well, which is quite rare," said Joel A. Bando, a grader for 140b...
...Bate chairs the subcommittee on Literature and the Arts...