Robert D. Bass (1904–1983)
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Bass, Robert D.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Bass, Robert Duncan
- Geburtstag
- 1904
- Todestag
- 1983
- Geschlecht
- male
- Ausbildung
- Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary (BDiv|1927)
University of South Carolina (PhD ∙ 1933) - Berufe
- professor
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- University of South Carolina (1927-1940|Assistant Professor of English Literature)
United States Naval Academy (1941-1957|Professor of English Literature)
Furman University (1957-1963|Professor of English Literature)
Limestone College (1963-1965|Professor of English Literature)
Erskine College (1966-1970|Professor of English Literature, Department Head) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- South Carolina Hall of Fame (1980)
- Kurzbiographie
- Born on September 25, 1904 in Scranton, South Carolina (Florence County) to a farmer, Fletcher Graves Bass and Bertha (Matthews) Bass. He married writer Virginia Wauchope on May 25, 1929. They had two children: Robert Wauchope and George Fletcher. His military service included the US Naval Reserve where he became a commander in 1934-40 and the US Navy from 1940-46. His hobbies included amateur radio, and he owned and operated WCQG radio station. Robert Bass went to Columbia Presbyterian Theological Seminary 1925-1927. He received his Bachelor's Degree in 1926, Master's Degree in 1927, and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1933. He continued his post doctoral studies at the University of London, Cambridge University in 1951-52, and Johns Hopkins University in 1952.
He was one of the nation's leading scholars of the American revolution in South Carolina. Dr. Bass was a professor at several prestigious colleges and universities across the country.
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The green dragoon: The lives of Banastre Tarleton… von Robert D Bass
My readng has not involved a good deal of exposure to the military history of the american War, but this is a dual biography of a pair of highly interesting people. Tarleton was a "Dashing Cavalryman", not without military talent who was a formidable figurer in the clsing years of the war in the south. He served in most of the militarycampaigns in the Colonies and rose quickly by merited promotions to a lt. Colonelcy. His reputation was marred by a massacre of American milita at the battle of Waxhay Creek, which he did not directly order, but was disabled by a wound at the critical moment . Still, he was a hard-liner as regards the rebels and did not favour a mild teatment. He continued his military career after that war was was a candidate for commanding the Peninsular force in 1809. With an adequate supplyy of honors he died in 1833. Mary Robinson was an actress of considerable reputation with which he maintained a liason of over twenty years. The dual biography is a good read. I read an earlier edition as one may tell by the date.… (mehr)
A very interesting biography about a thoroughly repellent character. Americans remember Tarleton for 'Tarleton's Quarter' and similar outrages; his later career and life in England shows that Tarleton learned that style can easily triumph over substance in the right circles.
Robert Bass has written several excellent books for the Revolutionary era, and this is a great one. His treatment of the events surrounding the Siege of Ninety Six is excellent.
Banastre Tarleton was a colorful figure from the American Revolution, and beyond. He earned a reputation for his ruthless treatment of Patriots, including the murder of soldiers who surrendered. In the Virginia campaign he suffered a severe wound, and ended up back in England.
Tarleton was a gambler and a rake, but he was young, and cut a dashing figure in English society. He later carried on an affair with the well known Mary Robinson, and became an influential member of Parliament.
The Green Dragoon tells a great story well.… (mehr)
Tarleton was a gambler and a rake, but he was young, and cut a dashing figure in English society. He later carried on an affair with the well known Mary Robinson, and became an influential member of Parliament.
The Green Dragoon tells a great story well.… (mehr)
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