Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and his PhD from Harvard University. His academic specialities include the English Renaissance and Edmund Spenser, as well as language use and international languages.
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- Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and his PhD from Harvard University. His academic specialities include the English Renaissance and Edmund Spenser, as well as language use and international languages. As a professor of the University of Pennsylvania, Tonkin in 1970 received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 1974 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a research year at Oxford University. The years 1980-81 he spent as a guest professor at Columbia University; in 1983 he became president of the Potsdam College of the State University of New York. From 1989 he was president of the University of Hartford. In 2006 he received the Cassandra Pyle Award for Leadership and Collaboration in International Education and Exchange. He currently teaches Shakespeare and Development of Theatre at the University of Hartford's Hartt School. As an Esperantist, Tonkin has written and translated numerous works in and about the language. Between 1974 and 1980 as well as between 1986 and 1989 he was president of the World Esperanto Association. In 1983 he was among the founders of the Esperantophone Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj San Marino (AIS). Tonkin is also a member of the Akademio de Esperanto. Tonkin is one of the editors of the journal Language Problems and Language Planning.
- Humphrey Richard Tonkin ist Professor für englische Sprache und Literatur, spezialisiert auf die Zeit der Renaissance und Edmund Spenser, ferner auf Sprachgebrauch und internationale Sprachen. Tonkin ist Staatsbürger Großbritanniens und der USA. In Cambridge wurde er diplomiert, in Harvard promoviert. 1974 erhielt er den Lindback Award für ausgezeichnetes Unterrichten. Er war unter anderem Präsident des Potsdam College der State University of New York und der University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut. Nun lehrt er über Shakespeare und die Entwicklung des Theaters. Tonkin ist einer der Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Language Problems and Language Planning. Als Jugendlicher hat Tonkin Esperanto erlernt. 1963 gründete er die heute noch bestehende Jugendzeitschrift Kontakto und von 1969 bis 1971 war er Vorsitzender des Weltbundes Junger Esperantisten. Von 1974 bis 1980 und von 1986 bis 1989 war Tonkin Vorsitzender des Esperanto-Weltbundes. Tonkin hat zahlreiche Artikel in und über Esperanto verfasst und auch Shakespeare-Dramen übersetzt.
- Humphrey Tonkin viene dalla Gran Bretagna ma vive ora negli Stati Uniti. Professore di letteratura inglese, specialista del periodo rinascimentale nonché di Shakespeare. Laureatosi a Cambridge, frequentò il dottorato all'Università di Harvard ed è stato presidente dell'università di Hartford.
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- Humphrey R. Tonkin is professor of English, president emeritus of the University of Hartford in Connecticut, and a dedicated Esperantist. Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cambridge University and his PhD from Harvard University. His academic specialities include the English Renaissance and Edmund Spenser, as well as language use and international languages.
- Humphrey Richard Tonkin ist Professor für englische Sprache und Literatur, spezialisiert auf die Zeit der Renaissance und Edmund Spenser, ferner auf Sprachgebrauch und internationale Sprachen. Tonkin ist Staatsbürger Großbritanniens und der USA. In Cambridge wurde er diplomiert, in Harvard promoviert. 1974 erhielt er den Lindback Award für ausgezeichnetes Unterrichten.
- Humphrey Tonkin viene dalla Gran Bretagna ma vive ora negli Stati Uniti. Professore di letteratura inglese, specialista del periodo rinascimentale nonché di Shakespeare. Laureatosi a Cambridge, frequentò il dottorato all'Università di Harvard ed è stato presidente dell'università di Hartford.
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