David Douglas Mann

Mann, David Douglas,

Passed away on 24 December 2017 as gracefully as he lived after decades of being treated for t-cell lymphoma. He was born in Oklahoma City, the next to youngest of five children. His family encouraged a love of classical music, literature, and games, especially crossword puzzles. After serving in the Navy, he sold a Porsche in order to enroll in graduate school, eventually completing his Ph.D. in English from Indiana University. A specialist in 18th-century British drama, David taught at Wabash College briefly before spending thirty-two years in the English Department at Miami University (Ohio), where he published hundreds of articles and five books, principally on 18th-century drama and Robert Louis Stevenson. More important than his scholarship, though, was the joy he received teaching students on all levels, from first-year to doctoral candidates. After retiring from Miami in 2000, he devoted himself to travel, enjoying recent trips to Mexico, England, France, and Italy; to food and wine; to reading to his wife as she cooked; and to escaping medical woes by pleasurable time spent with family and friends, often in the garden. David was loved by many and will be remembered most of all for his gentleness, his concern for others, and his good spirits despite many years of medical difficulties.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Garland Mann; his sister, Dorothy Mann Cameron; his sisters-in-law, Martha G. Moesker and Hanna Mann; his brothers-in-law, Brian Stewart and Joseph Moesker; and many wonderful and amazing nieces and nephews and great- nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Loftin and Jeannette, as well as his siblings Betty, Loftin, and Jeannette.

David and his wife wish to thank doctors and nurses who provided excellent care and longterm support, including especially Drs. Alexis Karageorge, Terrence Hadley, Stephen Raible, Brian Ganzel, Kristie Paris, Hal Corwin, Laura Klein, Cary Kirk, and Pierluigi Porcu, the last from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. The oncology nurses at Norton Cancer Institute-Audubon made an enormous difference in the quality of his care. For all of this help, we are deeply grateful.

David asked that there be no memorial, but friends and family will be asked to gather in the spring to toast him as the garden comes back to life.