Traugott Richter

Traugott Richter was born July 30, 1904, in Davenport, Iowa, into a family which had been important in Davenport's early history and founded a furrier business there. Richter received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø in 1926 and his doctorate from Northwestern University in 1934. Before pursuing graduate study, he taught at Cleveland Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø, a division of Western Reserve University, for three years.

Richter applied for a teaching position at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø after reading in a local paper that a professor in the English department was retiring. He taught at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø for almost 30 years. His favorite classes were those on the Romantics and literary criticism, though he also enjoyed teaching Greek and Latin literature in translation.

Richter was married to Dolores Kopp, whom he had known since the fourth grade. He enjoyed jazz music, and collected more than 1,400 78 rpm jazz recordings. Richter died Aug. 24, 1965.