Douglas Bush (1896-1983) taught at the University of Minnesota for several years, and in 1963 onward he was a professor of English at Harvard. Professor Bush held honorary degrees from several institutions, including Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, and the University of Toronto. Among his major publications are Mythology and the Renaissance Tradition in English Poetry, Classical Influences in Renaissance Literature, and English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century, 1600-1660. The Renaissance and English Humanism was delivered as the Alexander Lectures for 1939.

Douglas Bush (1896-1983) taught at the University of Minnesota for several years, and in 1963 onward he was a professor of English at Harvard. Professor Bush held honorary degrees from several institutions, including Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, and the University of Toronto. Among his major publications are Mythology and the Renaissance Tradition in English Poetry, Classical Influences in Renaissance Literature, and English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century, 1600-1660. The Renaissance and English Humanism was delivered as the Alexander Lectures for 1939.