Mythologist and educator, born in New York City, New York, USA. A professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College (1934--72), he entranced students with his analysis of comparative mythology, writing The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) and the four-volume Masks of God (1959--68).
Although his scholarship has been criticized, he attained the status of a virtual guru through a series of television interviews by Bill Moyers in 1985--6.
Joseph Campbell Foundation
