Franklyn Bliss Snyder

Franklyn Bliss Snyder (July 26, 1884 – May 11, 1958)^[1] was the 11th President of Northwestern University (1939–1949) and an American scholar of Scottish literature.^[2]

Franklin Bliss Snyder
11th President of Northwestern University
In office 1939–1949
Preceded by	Walter Dill Scott
Succeeded by	J. Roscoe Miller
Personal details
Born	(1884-07-26)July 26, 1884
Died	(1958-05-11)May 11, 1958
Nationality	American

Personal life

Snyder was the son of a Congregational minister, Peter Miles Snyder, from Connecticut and grew up in Rockford, Illinois.^[2] His sister, Alice D. Snyder, was also an academic. She chaired the English Department at Vassar College.^[3]

Education and career

He received his undergraduate degree from Beloit College and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1909. Snyder's dissertation was on Robert Burns and was published as The Life of Robert Burns in 1932. Snyder joined the Northwestern faculty in 1909, became dean of the Graduate School in 1934, and was elected president of the University in 1939, succeeding Walter Dill Scott. Snyder is remembered as being an ardent conservative and uncompromising administrator.^[2]