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Bertrand Harris Bronson -LRB- 1902 -- March 14 , 1986 -RRB- was an American academic and professor in the English department at the University of California , Berkeley .. After studying at the University of Michigan -LRB- A.B. 1921 -RRB- and Harvard University , he spent 3 years at Oriel College , Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was awarded his PhD by Yale University in 1927 .. University of Michigan. University of Michigan. Harvard University. Harvard University. Rhodes Scholar. Rhodes Scholarship. Yale University. Yale University. He then became an Instructor in English at the University of California , Berkeley , receiving a promotion to Assistant Professor in 1928 .. His honours while at the University of California , Berkeley included a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1943 and honorary degrees from Laval University , the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago .. University of Michigan. University of Michigan. Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowship. Laval University. Laval University. University of Chicago. University of Chicago. Bronson specialised in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Samuel Johnson , with his book Johnson on Shakespeare being published shortly after his death .. Geoffrey Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer. Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson. He died on March 14 , 1986 .