ALLEN, WARD SYKES, 1922-

Biography:

Literary scholar; University professor. Born– July 10, 1922, Nashville, Tenn. Married– 1951. Children– Four. Education– Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1947, M.A., 1949, Ph.D., 1963. Taught English at Mississippi State College for Women, 1957-1961; Vanderbilt University, 1961-1964; Auburn University, 1964-1987. Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship during 1972-1973;  Hargis Professor of English Literature at Auburn 1974-1987. Member of the Renaissance Society of America.  Awarded status of professor emeritus on his retirement from Auburn in 1987.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982.

Editor and translator;

Translating for King James. Nashville; Vanderbilt University Press, 1969.

Editor:

Translating the New Testament Epistles, 1604-1611. Ann Arbor, Mich.; University Microfilms International, 1977.