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Francis Utley
Francis Lee Utley (May 25, 1907 in Watertown, Wisconsin – March 8, 1974) was a folklorist, linguist, medievalist, scholar of onomastics and literature, educator, and author. Life and career Born and raised in Watertown, Wisconsin, Utley attended the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated with honors in 1929. He did his graduate literary studies at Harvard, earning the M.A. in 1934 and the Ph.D. in 1936. At Harvard, he came under the influence of George Lyman Kittredge in English who encouraged Utley's study of folklore. In 1936, he married Ruth Alice Scott and they had three children: Philip Lee, Andrew Scott, and Jean Marie. Utley began his teaching career in 1935 in the English department at Ohio State University; in 1973, he received the title of Professor of English and Folklore. He also served as visiting professor of folklore at the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA. He was president of the American Folklore Society from 1951-1952, president o ...
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Watertown, Wisconsin
Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Most of the city's population is in Jefferson County. Division Street, several blocks north of downtown, marks the county line. The population of Watertown was 22,926 at the 2020 census. Of this, 14,674 were in Jefferson County, and 8,252 were in Dodge County. Watertown is the largest city in the Watertown- Fort Atkinson micropolitan area, which also includes Johnson Creek and Jefferson. History Origin Watertown was first settled by Timothy Johnson, who built a cabin on the west side of the Rock River in 1836. He was born in Middleton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, on the 28th of June, 1792. A park on the west side of the city is named in his honor. The area was settled to utilize the power of the Rock River, which falls in two miles (two dams). In contrast, the Rock River falls only in upstream from Watertown. The water power was first used for sawmills, and later prompted the construct ...
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Modern Language Association
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Writers From Ohio
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University Of Wisconsin–Madison Alumni
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