Richard Anthony Arthur (January 20, 1937 – December 15, 2009) was an American author and educator.[1]
Educated in Pennsylvania and later California, Arthur spent three years in the US Army before becoming a journalist in Arizona. He returned to education and completed an MA in English at Penn State University and in 1970 completed his PhD in English. He was a Fulbright Scholar[2]
Arthur retired in 2002 from California State University, Northridge. He died in 2009.[3]