Ronald Paulson (born May 27, 1930 in Bottineau, North Dakota), is an American professor of English, a specialist in English 18th-century art and culture, and English artist William Hogarth.
Paulson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1952 and his doctorate degree in 1958.
Paulson has taught and held various administrative positions at several universities in the United States, including the University of Illinois from 1959 to...
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Ronald Paulson (born May 27, 1930 in Bottineau, North Dakota), is an American professor of English, a specialist in English 18th-century art and culture, and English artist William Hogarth.
Paulson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1952 and his doctorate degree in 1958.
Paulson has taught and held various administrative positions at several universities in the United States, including the University of Illinois from 1959 to 1963 and Rice University from 1963 to 1967. He was the Chairman of the Johns Hopkins University English Department from 1967 to 1975. From 1975 to 1984 he was a professor at Yale University and served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department from 1976 to 1983 and the Director of the British Studies Program from 1976 to 1984.
Paulson returned to Johns Hopkins University in 1984, serving as the Department Chairmen fro 1985 to 1991.
He has been a member of the editorial board of the academic journal ELH: English Literary...
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