Phil Bailey

Philip Hinds Bailey, a former member of the English Department (now the Department of Literary Arts) died on June 11, 2012 at the age of 83 in Maine. Phil was born in Livermore Falls, Maine in 1928. He graduated from Colby College in 1951 and studied at Columbia University and Brown University. Phil served in the Army from 1954 to 1956 in Germany. He taught Shakespeare and children’s literature at RISD and while he was still a fairly new member of RISD’s faculty, the yearbook was dedicated to him. He and Judy Sue Goodwin-Sturges (Professor, Illustration) collaborated on one of the first team-taught, interdisciplinary courses at RISD and he was involved in the Looking Glass Theater. Phil retired as an Assistant Professor in the early 1990s to the beloved family homestead but returned in 2000 to teach one last irresistible class on Shakespeare’s love plays.-RISD

Philip Bailey was a brilliant personality who did not have a driver’s license. His world was tight, petite, pedestrian. It soared swiftly, nevertheless, in the realms of literature. His devotion to its delights inspired all who came to his salon or his classroom. He “invented” a course on children’s literature: he could read a Grimm tale and dig out its inner life and innate wit. His electives were popular, but never common or accessible.-Mike Fink

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Philip H. Bailey


Obituaries |
Friday, June 15, 2012
PORTLAND — Philip H. Bailey, 83, a resident of Depot Street, Livermore Falls, died Monday, June 11, at Maine Medical Center, after a short illness.

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He was born in Livermore Falls, Oct. 10, 1928, the son of Bernal and Rossie Hinds Bailey. He was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School, Class of 1947. He furthered his education at Colby College and Columbia University.

He served in the Army from 1954 to 1956 and was stationed in Germany. He worked as a professor of literature at Brown University and then Rhode Island School of Design, where he was their Shakespeare expert and had invented a course on children’s literature. In his third year at RISD, the yearbook was dedicated to him. He retired in the early 1990s to the family homestead in Livermore Falls.

Philip had a great love for literature and the arts as well as a passion for cooking. He enjoyed spending summers at his cottage on Androscoggin Lake in Leeds, entertaining family and friends.

He is survived by his sisters-in-law, Rita W. Bailey of Livermore Falls and Barbara Bailey of Acton, Mass.; as well as nephews, nieces and cousins.

He was predeceased by twin brother, Alan M. Bailey of Livermore Falls in 1995; and older brother, George Stuart Bailey of Acton, Mass., in 2011.