Dean Fansler

Dean Fansler, also Dean S. Fansler, was a teacher of English at Columbia University in the early 20th century and brother of Priscilla Hiss (wife of Alger Hiss),[1] who, as a "noted folklorist" helped preserve Filipino folklore culture in the early 20th century, after centuries of Spanish and American domination.[2]

Background

Dean Spruill Fansler was born in 1885. His father was Thomas Lafayette Fansler, mother Willa Roland Spruill, and younger sister Priscilla Hiss, born Priscilla Harriet Fansler.[1][3][4] In 1906, he received a BA from Northwestern University and MA (1907) and doctorate (1913) from Columbia.[5]

Career

In 1908, Fansler started working at the University of the Philippines. From then through 1914, he collected Filipino folklore tales. [6]

By 1914, Fansler appears in the Columbia College catalog as an assistant professor of English.[5] In the early 1920s, Fansler was a professor at Columbia College and receives mention as an acquaintance (probably teacher) in the first autobiography of Mortimer J. Adler.[1]

Franz Boas recommended that Fansler earn his doctorate and inspired him to prepare Philippine material for publication.[7]

Works

In 1956, the "most widely known collection of Philippine folktales" was Dean Fansler's Filipino Popular Tales.[8]

  • Chaucer and the 'Roman a la Rose' (1914)[3][9]
  • Filipino Popular Tales (1921)[4][10]

See also

References
  1. Adler, Mortimer J. (1977). Philosopher at Large: An Intellectual Autobiography. Macmillan. p. 66. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. Maximo D. Ramos; Florentino B. Valeros, eds. (1964). Philippine Harvest: An Anthology of Filipino Writing in English. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. Chaucer and the Roman de la Rose. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. Filipino Popular Tales. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Columbia College. Columbia College. 1921. pp. 18, 16, 22 (degrees). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts from around the World, 2nd Edition [4 volumes]: Traditions and Texts from around the World. ABC-CLIO. 2016. pp. 1, 195. ISBN 9781610692540. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. Leandicho Lopez, Mellie (2006). A Handbook of Philippine Folklore. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  8. Silliman Journal - Volumes 3-4. 1956. p. 228. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. Fansler, Dean Spruill (1914). Chaucer and the 'Roman a la Rose'. Columbia University Press. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. Fansler, Dean S. (1921). Filipino Popular Tales. American Folk-Lore Society. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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