Peter Christopher
Encyclopedia
Peter Christopher was an Associate Professor at Georgia Southern University
. Christopher was a highly acclaimed author, and had written numerous books.
Christopher also served as a writer-in-residence for the Writers Voice Workshop, and lectured at the University of Florida
, Columbia University
, and New York University
. He joined the faculty of the Georgia Southern Writing and Linguistics Department in 1998, where he helped built the creative writing program.
Christopher died on April 15, 2008 due to liver cancer.
Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern University is a national public university located on a campus in Statesboro, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1906, it is part of the University System of Georgia and is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia offering 117 academic majors in a comprehensive...
. Christopher was a highly acclaimed author, and had written numerous books.
Christopher also served as a writer-in-residence for the Writers Voice Workshop, and lectured at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. He joined the faculty of the Georgia Southern Writing and Linguistics Department in 1998, where he helped built the creative writing program.
Christopher died on April 15, 2008 due to liver cancer.
Education
- Masters in Fine Arts from the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1996. - Bachelors in Literature from Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1978.