Richard W. Harpster

Richard W. Harpster was a prolific scholar, author, and editor of seven books and numerous articles, with a special focus on the playwright Ben Jonson. He taught in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for 44 years from 1975 until his death in 2019[2]. He was also the founder and co-editor of the Ben Jonson Journal and edited the Norton Critical Edition of Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques[2].