Otis Fellows

Otis Fellows was an authority on 18th century French literature. He was a professor emeritus in the humanities at Columbia University. He died in 1993 aged 84.[1][2]

Work

Fellows specialized in the study of Denis Diderot. He was the founder of a periodical titled Diderot Studies which he edited for several years. He also wrote a biography of Diderot. Fellows co-edited a prominent anthology of 18th century French literature titled The Age of Enlightenment with Norman Torrey. He also wrote the book From Voltaire to 'La Nouvelle Critique': Problems and Personalities[1][2] He co-authored a biography of Buffon with Stephen Milliken.[2] He edited a collection of detective stories written by Georges Simenon.[1][2]

Recognition

Fellows was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959.He was awarded the Medaille de Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French government, in 1959, for his work as an American intelligence officer during the Second World War and for his scholarship.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Otis Fellows Dies; Columbia Scholar In French was 84". The New York Times. 19 May 1993. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "OTIS FELLOWS, 84, DIDEROT SCHOLAR, NOTED HUMANIST". Columbia University Record. 3 September 1993. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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