CLA: Department of English

English Professor Emeritus Peter Firchow died October 18, 2008. A member of the Department for 40 years, Professor Firchow focused on British literature in his teaching and extensive writing. In the last year he published two books, Modern Utopian Fictions from Wells to Murdoch and Strange Meetings: Anglo-German Literary Encounters from 1910 to 1960 (both Catholic University of America Press). "Above all, he was a tremendous scholar," notes Professor Emeritus Peter Reed, in a Star Tribune obituary. He is survived by his wife Evelyn, a professor of German at the University, and daughter Pamina.