Biography:

Professor of languages. Born August 20, 1881, Tuscaloosa. Parents– John and Amanda M. (Harris) Little. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1901; Harvard University, M.A., 1912; studied at Gottingen University and at the Sorbonne; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1918. Employed at Tuscaloosa High School, University of North Carolina, Harvard University, and University of Alabama where he served as head of the Department of Romance Languages. Associate editor, Tuscaloosa Sun. Member– Sigma Alpha Epsilon, American Association of University Professors, and Phi Beta Kappa. Died December 2, 1967.

Source:

William Stanley Hoole Special Collections of the University of Alabama.

Publication(s):

The University Club. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1955.

Papers;

Some papers of Robert Irving Little are included with the Little Family Papers held by the William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama.