Otis Fellows

Otis Edward Fellows (1909 – May 15, 1993) was an American scholar of 18th-century French literature. He taught in the humanities for almost forty years at Columbia University.

Born in Hanover, Connecticut, Fellows died on May 15, 1993, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 84, but lived for most of his scholarly career in Morningside Heights in New York City. He earned his Ph.D. in Romance languages in 1936 at Brown University. Fellows began teaching at Columbia University in 1939, attaining the rank of professor in 1958. From 1970 to 1977 held an endowed chair, the Avalon Foundation Professorship. Provided by Wikipedia