Dean Fansler, also Dean S. Fansler, was an American professor. He was a teacher of English at Columbia University in the early 20th century and brother of Priscilla Hiss (wife of Alger Hiss),[1] who, as a "noted folklorist" helped preserve Filipino folklore culture in the early 20th century, after centuries of Spanish and American domination.[2]
Background
editDean Spruill Fansler was born in 1885. His father was Thomas Lafayette Fansler, mother Willa Roland Spruill, and younger sister Priscilla Hiss, born Priscilla Harriet Fansler.[1][3][4] In 1906, he received a BA from Northwestern University and MA (1907) and doctorate (1913) from Columbia.[5]
Career
editIn 1908, Fansler started working at the University of the Philippines. From then through 1914, he collected Filipino folklore tales. [6]
By 1914, Fansler appears in the Columbia College catalog as an assistant professor of English.[5] In the early 1920s, Fansler was a professor at Columbia College and receives mention as an acquaintance (probably teacher) in the first autobiography of Mortimer J. Adler.[1]
Franz Boas recommended that Fansler earn his doctorate and inspired him to prepare Philippine material for publication.[7]
Works
editIn 1956, the "most widely known collection of Philippine folktales" was Dean Fansler's Filipino Popular Tales.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Adler, Mortimer J. (1977). Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Autobiography. Macmillan. p. 66. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Maximo D. Ramos; Florentino B. Valeros, eds. (1964). Philippine Harvest: An Anthology of Filipino Writing in English. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ a b Chaucer and the Roman de la Rose. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b Filipino Popular Tales. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College. Columbia College. 1921. pp. 18, 16, 22 (degrees). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts from around the World, 2nd Edition [4 volumes]: Traditions and Texts from around the World. ABC-CLIO. 2016. pp. 1, 195. ISBN 9781610692540. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Leandicho Lopez, Mellie (2006). A Handbook of Philippine Folklore. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Silliman Journal - Volumes 3-4. 1956. p. 228. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Fansler, Dean Spruill (1914). Chaucer and the 'Roman a la Rose'. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Fansler, Dean S. (1921). Filipino Popular Tales. American Folk-Lore Society. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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