Word: brower
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Reuben A. Brower, professor of English, Alexander Pope and the poetic tradition; I. Bernard Cohen '37, associate professor of History of Science, the development and the influence of Newton's ideas on the eighteenth century; Philip J. Darlington, Jr. '26, Curator of Recent Insects, the Australian carabid beetles; Glanville Downey, associate professor of Byzantine Literature at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, the history of Antioch on the Orontes...
Joseph L. Walsh '16, Perkins Professor of Mathematics, will act as Master of Adams House for Reuben A. Brower, professor of English, during Brower's sabbatical leave next year. Walsh is a Charter Member of Adams House, and served for many years as a tutor in Mathematics...
When asked about the appointment, Brower said, "We couldn't have a better man to carry on the traditions of the House or one who would be more welcome to staff and students...
...Brower plans to use his leave to write on Alexander Pope and edit a volume on translation for the Comparative Literature Department. He also hopes to include a trip to Greece, Italy, and Cambridge, England. "Above all I want time to read, write, and think," he said. "I need some time to digest the many new impressions I have been receiving in swift succession since moving into the Harvard community and Adams House...
...David Owen will be missing from his customary position as head of History 142's second half. Mr. Beale, a highly-touted import from the University of London, will lead the tour of the Crystal Palace in History of England from 1688 to the Present at Sever 11. Ruben Brower will bring his critical technique to English 162, Readings in English Literature Since 1890, at Boylston...