John Conley

John Conley was educated at Berkeley (B.A. English, 1934) and Stanford (Ph.D. English, 1956).

He taught at Stanford, Ohio State University, John Carroll University, Brandeis University, Queens College (New York City), University of California, Riverside, and University of Illinois at Chicago (where he was named professor emeritus in 1977).

His specialties were Old English, Middle English, and Middle Scots.

(Not to be confused with the surgeon John Conley, 1912-1999.)