b. New York City March 26, 1904 - d. October 31, 1987, at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii
BA, Columbia, 1925
MA, Columbia, 1926 on "The Dolorous Stroke on the Arthurian legends."
1934 - 1972 Professor, English, Sarah Lawrence College
1938 married Jean Erdman, his former student and a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company
1941 met Indologist Heinrich Zimmer
1983 filmmaker George Lucas invited him to Skywalker Ranch to see the Star Wars trilogy, which was greatly influenced by his work
1988 The Joseph Campbell Chair of Comparative Mythology established at Sarah Lawrence College
Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey
Joseph Campbell and Marija Gimbutas Library, at Pacific Graduate Institute
Center for Story and Symbol, Joseph Campbell and Archetypal Psychology
Joseph Campbell - Books and Writers
Joseph Campbell - Star Wars Essays