Wesley Trimpi, professor emeritus of English at Stanford, passes away at 85

Stanford Professor Emeritus Wesley Trimpi died March 6 from pneumonia at Stanford University Hospital, where he had been admitted after a fall in his Woodside home. He was 85.

A professor of English at Stanford for almost 40 years, Trimpi's research began with an examination of 17th-century lyric poetry. Later in his career, he developed an interest in ancient poetic theory, examining how philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle discussed literary works.