University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
Born Armidale, NSW, 13.6.1928
Married, three daughters
1946-49 Student, New England University College
1950-59 Schoolteacher, NSW
1960-75 Senior Tutor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Sydney
1976-89 Professor of English, University of Newcastle
1976-8, 1981-3, 1986-7 Head of Department
1981-3, 1986-7 Dean of the Faculty of Arts
1989-2001 Director of the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing
1989— Emeritus Professor