Edwin Sill Fussell, Ph.D. (July 4, 1922 – August 27, 2002) was a professor of English literature at the University of California, San Diego. He was the elder brother of Paul Fussell.
Early life
editFussell was born in Pasadena, California, United States, and grew up there.[1] His father, Paul Longstreth Fussell (15 January 1895 – 16 July 1973), was a corporate lawyer in Los Angeles with the firm of O’Melveny & Myers. His mother was born Wilhma Wilson Sill in Illinois 21 August 1893 and died 23 March 1971. In 1943 Fussell earned a B.A. degree from Pomona College. Thereafter he joined the U.S. Navy, serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1949.
Career
editFussell first taught at the University of California at Berkeley. He refused to sign a loyalty oath during the era of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's "communist-hunting" in the early 1950s, losing his professorship as a result. Fussell then went to Pomona College, his alma mater, where he taught American Literature. After teaching at the Claremont Graduate School, Fussell joined the faculty of UC San Diego. He retired in 1991.[2]
Retirement
editDuring his retirement, Fussell lived in Paris and Rome. He still wrote, especially about Henry James, Chateaubriand, and Balzac. Fussell died in August 2002 in La Jolla, CA.[3]
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paul Fussell - 1930 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com". Search.ancestry.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Cohen, Alain J.J.; Weslin, Donald. "In Memoriam: Edwin Sill Fussell". The University of California. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ In Memoriam: Edwin S. Fussell, PMLA 2003; 118: p. 1066–1067.
- ^ Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1966. ASIN: B000X9YX3S
- ^ Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1973. ISBN 0691062382
- ^ Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1994. ISBN 0521100585