David adams leeming autobiography

American philologist (born 1937)

Not to be confused with David Leeming.

David Adams Leeming (born February 26, 1937) is an American philologist who is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut, and a specialist in comparative literature of mythology.^[1][2]

Biography

David Adams Leeming was born on February 26, 1937, in Peekskill, New York, the son of Frank Clifford Leeming, an Episcopal priest, and Margaret Adams Reeder.^[1]

Leeming received his B.A.

from Princeton University in 1958. In 1959, he did a summer course graduate study at the University of Caen. From New York University he received his M.A. in 1964, and his Ph.D.

David adams leeming autobiography

in 1970.^[1]

Leeming was Head of the English Department at Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1958 to 1963. From 1964 to 1967, he was the secretary-assistant of author James Baldwin. Since 1969, Leeming was Assistant Professor of English a