Stephen J. Herben Jr.
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Stephen Joseph Herben Jr. (14 March 1897 – 22 December 1967) was an American professor of philology at Bryn Mawr College. He specialized in English and German philology, and among other places did work at the American-Scandinavian Foundation in Copenhagen and Oxford University, as well as at Rutgers, Princeton,[1][2] and Stanford University.[3] His work included assistance with the etymological work of the second edition of Webster's New International Dictionary,[3] and two articles on medieval literary descriptions of weapons and armor.[4][5] The second of these articles, "Arms and Armour in Chaucer", is still considered a standard on the subject.[6]
Stephen J. Herben Jr. | |
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Born | Stephen Joseph Herben Jr. (1897-03-14)March 14, 1897 |
Died | December 22, 1967(1967-12-22) (aged 70) |
Nationality | American |
Years active | 1927–1967 |
Title | Professor |
Spouse(s) | Mary Bishop Shattuck (1921–1929) Caroline Robbins (1932–1967) |
Parent(s) | Stephen J. Herben Grace Foster Herben |
Relatives | George Foster Herben (brother) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Rutgers University Princeton University |
Thesis | The Hrolfs Saga Kraka and Related Materials for the Study of Beowulf (1924) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English and Germanic Philology |
Institutions | Bryn Mawr College |
Notable works | "Arms and Armor in Chaucer" (1937) |
Herben was the son of Grace Foster Herben and Rev. Stephen Joseph Herben Sr.,[7] a Methodist missionary and minister, respectively.[8] He married twice, to Mary Shattuck, another academic then beginning her career in psychology, from 1921 to 1929,[9] and to Caroline Robbins, a professor of history at Bryn Mawr and the sister of Lionel Robbins,[10] from 1932 until his death.[11][12][13] He died at the age of 70,[14] and has an endowed fund in his name at Bryn Mawr.[15]