Richard Brodhead

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Richard Brodhead is an American scholar of English literature and former president of Duke University, known for his leadership in higher education and work on 19th-century American authors.

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instanceOf academic administrator
human
literary scholar
professor of English
university president
academicDiscipline American studies NERFINISHED
literary criticism
areaOfInfluence American higher education policy
curriculum reform in the humanities
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Yale University
employer Duke University NERFINISHED
Yale University
fieldOfWork 19th-century American literature
American literature
English literature
gender male
hasAcademicRank full professor
knownFor leadership in higher education
scholarship on 19th-century American authors
work on Herman Melville
work on Mark Twain
work on Nathaniel Hawthorne
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notableFor service on national commissions on higher education
notableWork Cultures of Letters: Scenes of Reading and Writing in Nineteenth-Century America NERFINISHED
The Columbia History of the American Novel NERFINISHED
The New American Studies NERFINISHED
The School of Hawthorne NERFINISHED
occupation essayist
university administrator
university teacher
writer
positionHeld Dean of Yale College NERFINISHED
President of Duke University NERFINISHED
Professor of English at Duke University
Professor of English at Yale University
workLocation Durham, North Carolina NERFINISHED
New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED

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Brodhead hasNotableBearer Richard Brodhead