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Biographical Sketch |
Montagu
Frank Modder, Visiting Professor of English at  Dickinson
College for the 1957-58 academic
year, was born on November
24, 1891 in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where his father served as
a Chief Justice for the British Government. Modder received his undergraduate
education at Royal College in Ceylon and Springfield College in Massachusetts,
and, in the midst of his studies, also served with the British military
in World War I. He went on to receive advanced degrees from
Clark
University  (M.A.)
and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.), and pursued additional graduate
studies at Yale University and at Cambridge and Oxford
in England.Dr. Modder taught for five years as Professor of English at Miami University in Ohio. He also taught at West Virginia  University
and the
University of Michigan, although the majority of his teaching years
were spent at Beloit College in Wisconsin, where he was a member
of the faculty for 22 years (1935-1957).Dr. Modder is best known as the author of The Jew in the History of Literature, which has gone through numerous editions and reprintings. He was also known for his many political cartoons, which were prominently featured in The Christian Science Monitor, The Milwaukee Journal, The Capital Times (Madison, WI), The Daily News (Beloit, WI), and The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), among other newspapers and magazines. Modder was also the author and illustrator for two manuscripts, "The Spirit of Britain" and "Pictorial Shakespeare." These  two
elaborately illustrated manuscripts capture Modder's love of English
literature and his talent as an amateur artist. "The Spririt
of Britain" consists
of nearly one thousand illustrated pages  regarding
the history and literature of Great Britain. "Pictorial
Shakespeare" is in varying stages of completion as compared
to "The
Spirit of Britain;" its more than 200
pages detail the life, work, and times of William Shakespeare. "Pictorial
Shakespeare" is all the more interesting because preliminary
drafts and sketches are included along with the completed pages,
offering a glimpse into Dr. Modder's creative process.Montagu Frank Modder married Mary Work in 1927, and the couple raised twin daughters, Anne and Lucy. Dr. Modder passed away on May 31, 1958 at his home in Carlisle at the age of 67. |
Please click on the following link to view the guide (pdf, 32.7 K) to the Modder Collection at Dickinson College: |
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