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Ernest Campbell Mossner
American professor of English (1907–1986)
Ernest Campbell Mossner (October 22, 1907 – August 5, 1986) was a professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and biographer of the Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian David Hume (1711–1776).
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He was a specialist also on Hume's friend and contemporary, Adam Smith.
Life
Mossner was born on October 22, 1907, in New York City. He received his bachelor's degree in English, Latin and history from City College of New York in 1929, and his master's and PhD degrees in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 1930 and 1936.
On June 22, 1936, he was married to Alice Carolyn Walz, also of New York.
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He taught briefly at the City College of New York, and Columbia before joining the English faculty at Syracuse University in 1937. He held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1939 and in 1945. His scholarship was interrupted during World War II, when he worked for the Bureau of the Budget