Eleanor Rosenberg
Eleanor Rosenberg (April 9, 1908 – June 13, 1998) was an American professor of English literature. She was on the faculty at Barnard College from 1951 to 1973, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957.
Early life and education
[edit]Rosenberg was born in New York City, the daughter of Bernard Rosenberg and Helen L. Rosenberg. Her father was a dentist.[1] She attended Hunter College High School, and graduated from Barnard College in 1929.[2]
Career
[edit]Rosenberg began teaching at Barnard College as a visiting professor in 1951[3][4], published her book on the first Earl of Leicester in 1955,[5] achieved full professor status in 1959,[6] and retired in 1973;[7] she remained active in campus life as professor emeritus,[8] and served on the Barnard Library committee in 1976.[9] In 1973, she was presented with Barnard's Distinguished Alumna Award.[10]
Rosenberg received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1957,[11] for her studies concerning "literature on the New World, as known in Tudor England".[12][13]
Publications
[edit]- "Giacopo Castelvetro: Italian Publisher in Elizabethan London and His Patrons" (1943)[14]
- Leicester, Patron of Letters (1955)[15][16]
- "Giacopo Castelvetro in Scandinavia" (1976)[17]
Personal life
[edit]Rosenberg shared an apartment with Ruth J. Dean in retirement.[18] She died in 1998, at the age of 90, in New York.[19][20]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dr. Rosenberg, 76, Dentist Since '06; Frequent Writer of Caustic Letters to Editors Dies-- Devised Own Shorthand". The New York Times. 1957-07-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ McCaughey, Robert (2020-09-01). A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-55200-4.
- ↑ "16 Teachers Added to Barnard Staff". The New York Times. 1953-10-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- ↑ "Rosenberg Returns, Speaks on Elizabethan Dedications" (PDF). Barnard Bulletin. 1952-11-03. p. 3.
- ↑ Whitfield, Marianne (1955-10-06). "English Professor Rosenberg Publishes New Book on Earl". Barnard Bulletin. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-05-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Barnard Promotes 12; Professional Rank Conferred on 6 Faculty Members". The New York Times. 1959-03-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- ↑ Waters, Rebecca. "Barnard Grad to Replace Woodbridge" Barnard Bulletin 77(1973-04-26): 1.
- ↑ Kassig, Allison G. (1973-11-01). "Panel Discusses Feminism". Barnard Bulletin. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 2026-05-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Library Committee". Barnard Alumnae. September 1976 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Eleanor Rosenberg Named Distinguished Alumna". Barnard Alumnae: 18. June 1973 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "English Prof. Gains Grant in Literature". Barnard Bulletin. 1957-05-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-05-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Times, The New York (1957-04-29). "Guggenheim Funds Aids a Record 344; Grants Total $1,500,000". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- ↑ "Prof. Rosenberg Calls Trilby Nostalgic Novel". Barnard Bulletin. 1957-10-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-05-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Eleanor (1943). "Giacopo Castelvetro: Italian Publisher in Elizabethan London and His Patrons". Huntington Library Quarterly. 6 (2): 119–148. doi:10.2307/3815657. ISSN 0018-7895.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Eleanor (1955-01-01). Leicester Patron of Letters. Internet Archive. Columbia U.P.
- ↑ Ferguson, Arthur B. (1956-07-01). "Leicester, Patron of Letters by Eleanor Rosenberg". South Atlantic Quarterly. 55 (3): 385–386. doi:10.1215/00382876-55-3-385. ISSN 0038-2876.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Eleanor (February 1976). "Giacopo Castelvetro in Scandinavia" (PDF). Columbia Library Columns. 25 (2): 18–27.
- ↑ "Class Notes: 1929". Barnard Alumnae: 29. Fall 1976 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Class Notes". Barnard: 33. Summer 1998 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Prescott, Anne Lake (Fall 1998). "In Memoriam: Eleanor Rosenberg '29". Barnard: 55 – via Internet Archive.