Walter J. Kaiser Explained

Walter J. Kaiser (May 31, 1931January 5, 2016) was an American academic.

He was the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus at Harvard University.^[1]

From 1988 to 2002, he was the director of Villa I Tatti.^{[2] [1]}

In 1966, Kaiser married Neva Goodwin, a member of the Rockefeller family.^[3] They had two children, Miranda and David Kaiser.

He earned a BA and PhD from Harvard University.^[4]

Books

• Praisers Of Folly (Harvard University Press, 1963)^[5]

External links

• Walter Kaiser at The New York Review of Books

Notes and References

1. Web site: Walter Kaiser dies. January 12, 2016. Harvard Gazette.
2. Web site: Harvard Names Head Of Renaissance Center. January 19, 1988. NYTimes.com.
3. Web site: Neva Rockefeller Engaged to Wed Walter J. Kaiser; Niece of Governor Will Be Bride of Professor at Harvard, Author. October 18, 1966. NYTimes.com.
4. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/01/walter-kaiser-dies/
5. Walter Kaiser. Praisers of Folly: Erasmus, Rabelais, Shakespeare. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1963. 318 pp. $7.75.. Millar. MacLure. July 29, 1964. Renaissance News. 17. 2. 110–111. Cambridge University Press. 10.2307/2858559.