ABSTRACT
Frederick J. Teggart's work, he wrote in 1965, "more than anyone else's opened the door for me." He was adamant in his refusal to allow attendance to be taken at the lectures, as was the case in at least a couple of large lecture courses at the time. He lectured with force, sometimes passion, and sounded as though he considered what he was lecturing about to be the most important thing in the world. It was not unusual for Teggart to receive student applause for a lecture several times during a semester and a rousing accolade at the end of the semester. Teggart essentially educated himself into the life of scholarship once he had earned the A.B. degree in English at Stanford. While librarian at the Mechanics Library, Teggart kept up a continuous flow of lecturing, participation in scholarly symposiums, and writing.
