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Francis Utley was born on 25 May, 1907 in Watertown, is an American linguist. Discover Francis Utley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 25 May, 1907
Birthday 25 May
Birthplace Watertown
Date of death 1974
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Nationality United States

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1907

Francis Lee Utley (May 25, 1907 in Watertown, Wisconsin – March 8, 1974) was a folklorist, linguist, medievalist, scholar of onomastics and literature, educator, and author.

1929

Born and raised in Watertown, Wisconsin, Utley attended the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated with honors in 1929.

1934

He did his graduate literary studies at Harvard, earning the M.A. in 1934 and the Ph.D. in 1936.

At Harvard, he came under the influence of George Lyman Kittredge in English who encouraged Utley's study of folklore.

1935

Utley began his teaching career in 1935 in the English department at Ohio State University; in 1973, he received the title of Professor of English and Folklore.

He also served as visiting professor of folklore at the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA.

1936

In 1936, he married Ruth Alice Scott and they had three children: Philip Lee, Andrew Scott, and Jean Marie.

1951

He was president of the American Folklore Society from 1951-1952, president of the American Name Society in 1956, and president of the College English Association in 1969.

Among his honors were being named Fellow of the American Folklore Society, Fellow of the American Anthropological Association, and Executive Council member of the Modern Language Association.

Utley worked in a variety of genres of literature and folklore, but is best known for work in folk narrative, onomastics, medieval literature, and dialect.

D.K. Wilgus summarized his most significant contributions as "Bible of the Folk" (such as the Noah story in folk culture) and his contributions to the definitions and boundaries of folklore.

He also is often cited for diffusionist ideas about relations of the sources of New World folktales from Europe.

1970

Indicative of the respect he received for his scholarship is a published festschrift honoring his contributions: Medieval Literature and Folklore Studies: Essays in Honor of Francis Lee Utley (1970).

1971

(ed., Bear, Man, and God: Eight Approaches to William Faulkner's The Bear. New York: Random House, 1971.