Department of English

Dr. Richard Beards

rbeards@temple.edu
(215) 204-1868

B.A., Dartmouth College, 1958

Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, 1965 (English Literature)

     Fulbright Professor, Lund University, Sweden   1966-1967

                                          Odense University, Denmark    1971-1972

Temple University,  1964----

            Associate Professor of English    1971---

            Director, Master of Liberal Arts program,  1983-2000

Owner, Bookplace, Oxford PA  1994--- (used and rare book store, art gallery [28 exhibits of painting, ceramics, outsider art, several music presentations)

Academic specialty: Victorian literature, Children’s Literature  (most recent publication: Charles Kingsley, WaterBabies, Penguin Classics, 2008)

Work in progress: Diary of Lavinia Townsend, 1839-1843 (Quaker  abolitionist)