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Douglas Kelly (1934–2022)

Douglas Kelly (1934–2022) Douglas KellyFrederick Douglas Kelly, Jr., who was born in El Monte, CA, on 17 July 1934, died in Madison, WI, on 21 March 2022. He was 87 years of age.Douglas graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California in 1956, spending the following year studying at the Sorbonne and teaching in Versailles. While in France, he met Borghild Rombach and the following year they married on their return to the US. They had two children, Stephen (1959) and David (1963); the marriage ended in amical divorce. Borghild passed away in 2015. In 1981, Douglas married Sandra Ihle, a specialist in medieval English. They were introduced to each other by Eugène Vinaver, then Visiting Professor of English at Madison, who thought that Sandra, working on her dissertation on Malory, ought to meet the brilliant medievalist in the French department. Douglas obtained his MA (1959) and PhD (1962) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a student of Julian Harris. He was appointed Assistant Professor there in 1964, Associate Professor in 1966, and Professor in 1970. When appointed to a distinguished chair in 1986, he named it after his mentor.Douglas Kelly spent his entire academic career in Madison, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the International Arthurian Society de Gruyter

Douglas Kelly (1934–2022)

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Douglas KellyFrederick Douglas Kelly, Jr., who was born in El Monte, CA, on 17 July 1934, died in Madison, WI, on 21 March 2022. He was 87 years of age.Douglas graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California in 1956, spending the following year studying at the Sorbonne and teaching in Versailles. While in France, he met Borghild Rombach and the following year they married on their return to the US. They had two children, Stephen (1959) and David (1963); the marriage ended in amical divorce. Borghild passed away in 2015. In 1981, Douglas married Sandra Ihle, a specialist in medieval English. They were introduced to each other by Eugène Vinaver, then Visiting Professor of English at Madison, who thought that Sandra, working on her dissertation on Malory, ought to meet the brilliant medievalist in the French department. Douglas obtained his MA (1959) and PhD (1962) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a student of Julian Harris. He was appointed Assistant Professor there in 1964, Associate Professor in 1966, and Professor in 1970. When appointed to a distinguished chair in 1986, he named it after his mentor.Douglas Kelly spent his entire academic career in Madison,

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Journal of the International Arthurian Society – de Gruyter

Published: Sep 1, 2022

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