Robert Frost and Amherst College
The following is a brief chronology of Robert Frost's
official connections with the College.
| 1916 |
First college readings: lectured at Amherst College
April 8. |
| 1917-1920 |
Professor of English:
- 1917-1918 taught Advanced Composition
- 1918-1919 taught American Authors
- 1919-1920 taught American Literature-19th Century Poets;
Advanced Composition
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| 1918 |
Awarded honorary M.A. by Amherst, May 2. This
was the first honorary degree awarded Frost by any college or
university. |
| 1923-1925 |
Professor of English:
- 1923-1924 taught Readings in English Literature
- 1924-1925 taught Readings in Poetry, Drama, Essay and
Short Story; Advanced Writing
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| 1926 |
John Woodruff Simpson Lecturer (in residence for two
weeks in January) |
| 1926-1938 |
Professor of English on the John Woodruff
Simpson Foundation endowment:
- Held informal classes and readings and worked individually
with students and teachers.
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| 1938 |
Memorial service held in Johnson Chapel
on April 22 for Eleanor Frost, who had died in Florida on March
20. |
| 1948 |
Awarded honorary Litt.D. by Amherst on June 20. |
| 1949-1963 |
Simpson Lecturer in Literature:
- Spent several weeks in Amherst each fall and spring, meeting
with students and faculty and holding public readings
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| 1954 |
80th birthday celebration at Amherst College,
March 26. |
| 1962 |
September: Amherst announces its new library
to be named for Frost, who is present at the announcement. |
| 1962 |
Frost's last public appearance at Amherst (Parent's
Day readings), October 20. |
| 1963 |
Robert Frost dies in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
January 29. |
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