Frye, Herman Northrop
(1912-1991)
English
UG Victoria College 1933 (honours course in Philosophy and English)
Theology at Emmanuel College; 1936 ordained United Church
Merton College, Oxford
Department of English, Victoria College, 1939-
Professor 1947; Chair 1952; Principal 1959; 1967 first English University Professor
1978 Chancellor of Victoria University
Honours
Governor General's Award for non-fiction (On Teaching Shakespeare) 1987
LLD University of Toronto (Special Sesquicentennial Convocation 1977)
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/when-marshall-mcluhan-met-northrop-frye.aspx
References
Ayre, John. Northrop Frye: A Biography. Toronto: Vintage Books, 1989.
Powe, B.W. Marshall McLuhan and Northrup Frye: Apocalypse and Alchemy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.
