Betts, William Wilson, Jr.

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BETTS, William Wilson, Jr.

BETTS, William Wilson, Jr. American, b. 1926. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Humor/Satire. Career: Professor of English, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1957-, now Emeritus (Associate Professor, 1955-57; Assistant Dean of Graduate School, 1968-71). Instructor, Ohio University, Athens, 1954-55. Outdoors Ed., Indiana Evening Gazette, 1973-80. Publications: (ed. with P.A. Shelley and A.O. Lewis) Anglo-German and American-German Crosscurrents, vol. I, 1957; Lincoln and the Poets, 1965; A Docketful of Wry (humor), 1970; Slips that Pass in the Night, the King's English Adrift on the Campus (humor), 2002. Contributor of essays and articles to nature magazines. Address: 71 Cedar Lane, Indiana, PA 15701-8490, U.S.A.