Robert B. Martin

Robert Bernard Martin (1918–1999) was an American scholar, biographer, and professor of English at Princeton University from 1951 to 1975, specializing in Victorian literature. Born in La Harpe, Illinois, he earned an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Iowa in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. His notable works include award-winning biographies Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart (James Tait Black Award and Duff Cooper Prize), Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Very Private Life, and With Friends Possessed: A Life of Edward FitzGerald, along with scholarly studies and a mystery novel under the pseudonym Robert Bernard.Robert Bernard Martin