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Robert E. Knoll

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January 08, 2009

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During his 40-year career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Robert E. Knoll taught generations of students to enjoy the rich beauty of English language and literature, pioneered a number of innovative teaching initiatives, was an exemplary academic citizen and first-rate scholar. At his retirement in 1990, he was Paula and Woody Varner Professor of English. He also had been a George Holmes Distinguished Professor, an honor conferred only on the university’s most-esteemed faculty. Additionally, he had received a distinguished teaching award from UNL’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Knoll was a specialist in Shakespeare, but he also taught courses in Plains literature, English Renaissance literature, English history, American and British l During his 40-year career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Robert E. Knoll taught generations of students to enjoy the rich beauty of English language and literature, pioneered a number of innovative teaching initiatives, was an exemplary academic citizen and first-rate scholar. At his retirement in 1990, he was Paula and Woody Varner Professor of English. He also had been a George Holmes Distinguished Professor, an honor conferred only on the university’s most-esteemed faculty. Additionally, he had received a distinguished teaching award from UNL’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Knoll was a specialist in Shakespeare, but he also taught courses in Plains literature, English Renaissance literature, English history, American and British literature between 1922 and 1950, and composition. He was an adviser to the NU Student Council, a precursor the current UNL student government, served on the faculty senate, chaired the Willa Cather centennial festival in 1973 and the Wright Morris centennial festival in 1976. In 1988, he was named Nebraska’s Professor of the Year by the national Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. He was a Fulbright lecturer in Graz, Austria; a Woods fellow; and served a fellowship at Yale University, appointed by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was a founding member of UNL’s Centennial College, an innovative undergraduate teaching initiative in 1968. He was a founding member and fellow in UNL’s Center for Great Plains Studies.

In 1997, the UNL Alumni Association gave Knoll its “Doc” Elliott Award, conferred on emeritus faculty members in honor of their outstanding record of service and caring to students.

Knoll, a 1943 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Nebraska, joined the faculty in 1950 as an assistant professor of English; he was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 1957, and promoted to full professor in 1961. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1947 and 1950 respectively. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946.

Knoll wrote dozens of critical essays, books, television treatments and other scholarly works. He was a scholar of artist-writer Weldon Kees, publishing several books about Kees work and life. He also published works on writers Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and Robert McAlmon. In 1995, he published what has become known as the definitive history of the university, “Prairie University: A History of the University of Nebraska.” Knoll was particularly suited for the task, as both his parents and many members of his family were NU graduates and he was personally acquainted with early NU luminaries such as Louise Pound.

Knoll was exceptionally proud of the university. On the occasion of receiving the CASE professor of the year in 1988, Knoll delivered a lecture in which he described, among many things, his belief in the importance of the university. ...more

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	Weldon Kees and the Midcentury Generation: Letters, 1935-1955 by Weldon Kees, Robert E. Knoll (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prairie University: A History of the University of Nebraska 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christopher, Marlowe, really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1969	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations With Wright Morris: Critical Views and Responses it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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