Jeremiah D. M. Ford


Jeremiah Denis Mathias Ford was an American educator and author. He was the Smith Professor Emeritus of the French and Spanish Languages and Literature at Harvard University from 1907 to 1943. He was the youngest-ever to be appointed a professor at Harvard, the first Catholic faculty, and the last ever appointed as Chairman of the Department of Romance Languages from 1911 to 1943.

Biography

Ford was born 2 July 1873, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Thorndike Grammar School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1886. From 1886 to 1887, he attended the North Monastery Christian Brothers School in Cork, Ireland.
He then attended the Science and Art Department in South Kensington, London, England, from 1887 to 1888. In 1888, he was awarded Distinction in Chemistry and Math in the Science and Art Department Examinations.
He was awarded First Scholar & Gold Medal in English in the Junior Grade, in 1888, and the Silver Medal for German, in 1889, from the Intermediate Education Board, Dublin, Ireland.
He attended Harvard Law School from 1891 to 1892, attaining honors his first year. He then transferred, and attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B., Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, in 1894; A.M., in 1895; and Ph.D, in Romance Philology, in 1897.
Ford was the first Catholic ever hired by Harvard University, he was appointed Instructor in French and Italian in 1895, Harvard Harris Fellow in Romance Philology, Instructor-in-Residence to l'Universitê de Paris, from 1897 to 1898, Instructor in French and Spanish in 1898, Instructor in Romance Languages, in 1899, and Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Harvard University.
Then, the youngest professor ever at Harvard, he was appointed Smith Professor of the French & Spanish Languages & Literature at Harvard, in 1907, a chair that had been vacant since 1886. He held that Chair until his retirement in 1943, when he became Smith Professor Emeritus.
Notable student's of Fords included Chandler Rathfon Post.
On January 1, 1902, he married Anna Winifred Fearns, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They had four children. He died at his home in Cambridge on November 13, 1958.

Honorary degrees

Founder

  • Catholic Club of Harvard University, in May 1893.
  • Medieval Academy of America, in 1925.
  • Harvard Council on Hispano-American Studies, in 1929.

President

Vice-President

Elected

Other

1899

Un Curioso Accidente, Comedia In Tre Acti, di Carlo Goldoni, edited with introductions & notes by J.D.M. Ford. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1899. 29 editions.Exercises in Spanish Composition for First and Second Year Courses, J.D.M. Ford. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1899, reprinted 1905, 1908.El Sí de las Niňas; Comedia en Tres Actos y en Prosa por Leandro Fernández de Moratín, edited with introductions and notes by J.D.M.Ford. Boston: International Modern Language Series 1899, reprinted Boston: Ginn & Co.,1916. 194 editions.
  • “Luis de León, the Spanish Poet, Humanist and Mystic,” by J.D.M. Ford. Publications of the Modern Language Association. XIV: 2, pp. 267–278.
  • “Sedere, Essere, and Stare in the Poema del Cid”, by J.D.M. Ford. Modern Language Notes XIV: 2, pp. 1–9.

1900

The Old Spanish Sibilants, by J.D.M. Ford. Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature VII. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1900. 2 editions.
  • “Uberti, Fazio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 17. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Ulloa y Pereira,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 20. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Valdivierso or Valdivielso, José de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 104. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Vallanccy, Charles,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 108. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Varchi, Benedetto,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 122. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Venturi, Luigi,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. II: 154. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Villalobos, Francisco Lopez, Joaquin Lorenzo” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. XII: 200. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Villanueva, Joaquin Lorenzo” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. XII: 200. New York:D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Villegas, Esteran Manuel de” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. XII: 201. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Villena Don Enrique de Aragón” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. XII: 202. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.
  • “Wolf, Ferdinand” by J.D.M. Ford. The Universal Cyclopaedia. XII: 496. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900.

1900–1909

A Spanish Anthology: A Collection of Lyrics from the Thirteenth Century down to the Present Time; edited with introductions and notes by J.D.M. Ford. New York: Silver Series of Modern Language Text-books, 1901, 4 editions.
  • "English Influence upon Spanish Literature in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century,” by J.D.M. Ford. P.M.L.A. XVI, pp. 453–459.
  • “Cuban Literature” by J.D.M.Ford. The New International Encyclopedia. 1902.
  • “Italian Literature” by J.D.M.Ford. The New International Encyclopedia. 1902.
  • “Leopardi” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia. 1902.
  • “Portuguese Literature” by J.D.M.Ford. The New International Encyclopedia. 1902.
  • “Petrarch” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia. 1902.
  • “Spanish Literature” by J.D.M.Ford. The New International Encyclopedia.1902.Review of R. Menendez Pidal, La Legenda del Abad Don Juan de Montemayor, by J.D.M. Ford, Dresden: Gesellschaft fur Romantische Literatus, BandII, 1903.
  • “Old Spanish Etymologies,” by J.D.M. Ford. Modern Philology I: 1,, p. 49-55.The Romances of Chivalry in Italian Verse, by J.D.M. Ford and Mary Agnes Teresa Ford. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1904, 1906, 1908.A Spanish Grammar, by E.C. Hills and J.D.M. Ford. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1904.
  • “To Bite the Dust and Symbolical Lay Communion,” by J.D.M. Ford. Publications of the Modern Language Association. XX, 2,, 197-230.Old Spanish Readings, Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts, by J.D.M. Ford. Boston: International Modern Language Series, 1906.
  • “Italian Language,” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia, Vol. 11: 16-18. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1906.
  • “Italian Literature,” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia, Vol. 11: 18-27. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1906.Selections from Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda, J.D.M. Ford, ed. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. 1908. 1125 Editions.
  • "Caldas-Barbosa, Domingos,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 3:155-6. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1908.
  • "Calderon de la Barca, Pedro,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 3:156-7. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1908.
  • "Camões, Luis Vaz de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 3:218-20. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1908.
  • "Capponi, Gino, Count” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 3:312. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1908.
  • "Cervantes, Saavedra Miguel de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 3:543-45. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1908.
  • "Ferreira, Antonio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: 49. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Folengo, Teofilo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:124. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Gallego, Juan Nicasio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:350. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Garcilasso de la Vega,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:381-2. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Giraldi, Giovanni Battista,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:568. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909
  • “Giusti, Giuseppe,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:574. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Goldoni, Carlo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: 631. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Gomes De Amorim, Francisco,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:632-3. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Gonzalo de Berceo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6:636. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Gozzi. Carlo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: 688. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • “Italian Language,” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia, Vol. 11: 16-18. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1909.
  • “Italian Literature,” by J.D.M. Ford. The New International Encyclopedia, Vol. 11: 18-27. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1909.

1910−1919

Review of La Difinita Pleiteada, Estudio de Literatura Comparative por Menendez Pidal; by J.D.M. Ford. Romanic Review I: 4,.
  • “Dante Purgatorio XIII, 49ff.,” by J.D.M. Ford. NY: Romanic Review I:2,, p. 208-9.
  • “Guzmán, Fernando Pérez de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 7:94. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Herculano de Carvalho e Araujo, Alejandro,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.7:251. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Herrera, Fernando de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 7:294-5. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • "Iglesias de la Casa, José,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 7:639. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Jáurengui, Juan de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 8:325-6. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 8:529. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Lope de Vega Carpio, Félix,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 9:354-5. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “March, Auzias,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 9642. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Marenco, Carlo and Leopold,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 9:651-2. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.
  • “Petrarch, Francesco,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 11:778-780. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1910.Old Spanish Readings, Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts; edited with introduction, notes and vocabulary by J.D.M. Ford. Boston:International Modern Language Series,1911. 7 editions.Selections from Don Quijote, edited by J.D.M. Ford. Boston: D.C. Heath, 1911.
  • “Galdós: Nobel Prize Candidate,” Boston Transcript, 11 Dec 1911.
  • “Mena, Juan de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 10:171. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Menzini, Benedetto,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 10:196. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • “Metastasio, Pietro,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 10::234. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Morales, Ambrosio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 10:556-7. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Ojeda, Alonso de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 11:230. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Parini, Giuseppi,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 11:480. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Pellico, Silvio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 11:609. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • “Pindemonte, Ippolito,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12:101. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Porta, Carlo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12:283. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911
  • "Pulci, Luigi,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12:562. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Redi, Francesco,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 12:687. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1911.
  • "Rodrigues Ferreira, Alexandre,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 13:109. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • "Selgas y Carrasco, José,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 13:691-2. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Tassoni, Alessandro,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14:464. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • "Tebaldeo, Antonio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14:468. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Tiraboschi, Girolamo,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14:738. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1909.
  • "Trissino, Giangiorgio,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 15:61. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912.
  • "Trueba, Antonio de,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 15: 70. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Verdaguer, Jacinto,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.15. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • "Vicente, Gil,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.15. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Spain,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14: 169-202. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Spanish-American Literature,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14:202-7. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Spanish Language and Literature,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 14:192-202. New York: Robert Appleton Co., 1912.
  • “Diplomacy Below the Equator,” by J.D.M. Ford. Boston Transcript, August 12, 1913.
  • “Possible Foreign Sources of the Spanish Novel of Roguery,” by J.D.M. Ford. Anniversary Papers by Colleagues and Pupils of George Lyman Kittredge. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1913, pp. 289–293.
  • "Cervantes,” by J.D.M. Ford. Lectures on the Harvard Classics, Ed. William Allan Neilson, et al. Vol 51: 238-42. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14.
  • "Manzoni,” by J.D.M. Ford. Lectures on the Harvard Classics, Ed. William Allan Neilson, et al. Vol 51: 243-7. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14.A Spanish Grammar with Alternative Exercises; by E.C. Hills and J.D.M. Ford. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1915.First Spanish Course; by E.C. Hills and J.D.M. Ford. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1917. 10 editions.
  • “El Sombrero de Tres Picos,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XII: 46-7. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1918.
  • “Fábulas of Tomás de Iriarte,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XII: 696-7. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1918.Spanish Fables in Verse, edited with introductions and vocabulary by Elizabeth C. and J.D.M. Ford. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1918.
  • “The Teaching of Spanish and our Spanish-American Interests,” Abstract of report made by J.D.M. Ford to the American Association of University Professors and to the Modern Language Association of America. Studies in Philology XV, 1, p. 65-67.
  • “Guzmán el Bueno,” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XIII: 585-6. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1919.
  • “José” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XVI: 210-11. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1919.
  • “La Barraca” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XVI: 567. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1919.
  • “La Victoria de Junín” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XVI: 585-6. New York: Encyclopedia American, 1919.Main Currents in Spanish Literature; by J.D.M. Ford. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1919. 8 editions.

1920−1929

  • “Spanish Language” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XXV: 349-351. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1920.
  • “Spanish Literature” by J.D.M. Ford. The Encyclopedia Americana. XXV: 353-8. New York: Encyclopedia Americana, 1920.
  • “Hispanic America,” a lecture by J.D.M. Ford in New Lecture Hall, March 26, in aid of the Endowment Fund for Radcliffe College, Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 10 May 1923, pp. 909–920.
  • “Some Consideration on Diphthongs and Triphthongs,” by J.D.M. Ford. Homenajea Menendez Pidal II. Madrid: Revista de la Universidad de Madrid, 1924, pp. 29–33.
  • A Portuguese Grammar, by E.C.Hills, J.D.M. Ford, and Joaquim de Siquiera Coutinho. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1925. 6 editions.Review of CH. Petit-Dutaillis, ed., Fragmentde l’Histoire de Philippe-Auguste, Roy de France: Chronique en Français des Années 1214–1216; by J.D.M. Ford. Bibliothèque del’École des Chartres LXXXVII, 1926. Reprinted in Speculum, pp. 353–354.
  • Review of William J. Entwistle, The Arthurian Legend in the History of the Spanish Peninsula, by J.D.M. Ford, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies III, pp. 141–2.Review of T. Atkinson Jenkins, La Chanson de Roland, Oxford Version, Edition, Notes and Glossary, by J.D.M.Ford, Speculum II: 1, pp. 92–104.
  • “The Passage of Vulgar Latin Close Ų to French Rounded I is Purely a Romance Phenomenon,” by J.D.M. Ford. Extrait des Mèlanges de Philologie et d'histoire offerts à M. Antoine Thomas. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1927.El Capitán Veneno, por D. PedroAntonio de Alcarón, edited with notes, exercises and vocabulary by J.D.M.Ford and Guillermo Rivera. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1927. 102 editions.
  • “Plot, Tale and Episode in Don Quixote”; by J.D.M. Ford. Extraitdes Mélanges de linguistique et de literature offerts à M. Alfred Jeanroy parses élèves et ses amis. Paris: E. Droz. 1928.A Spanish Grammar for Colleges; by E.C. Hills and J.D.M.Ford. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1928.

1930−39

A Tentative Bibliography of Brazilian Belles-Lettres; by J.D.M. Ford, Arthur P. Whitten and Maxwell L. Raphael. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press,1931. Letters of John III, King of Portugal, 1521–1557. The Portuguese text, edited with an introduction by J.D.M. Ford. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1931.Cervantes: A Tentative Bibliography of his Works and of the Biographical Material concerning him; by J.D.M. Ford and Ruth Lansing. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1931. 3 editions.
  • “The Saints Life in the Vernacular Literature of the Middle Ages”, by J.D.M. Ford. Catholic Historical Review, XVII: 3, reprinted October 1931.Letters of the Court of John III, King of Portugal. The Portuguese text, edited with an introduction by J.D.M. Ford. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1933. 3 editions.A Bibliography of Cuban Belles-Lettres; by J.D.M. Ford & Maxwell I. Raphael. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1933. 2 editions.A Tentative Bibliography of Paraguayan Belles-Lettres; by Maxwell L. Raphael & J.D.M. Ford. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1934.
  • “In Memoriam Henry Roseman Lang,” by J.D.M. Ford. Hispanic Review, III, p. 70.
  • “Sheldon, Edward Stevens,” by J.D.M. Ford. Dictionary of American Biography, XVII, pp. 64–65.
  • “Ticknor, George,” by J.D.M. Ford, Dictionary of American Biography, XVIII, pp. 525–528.Crónica de Dom João de Castro; edited with an introduction by J.D.M. Ford. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press,1936. 2 editions.
  • “The Ciceronian Dictum of History,”by J.D.M. Ford, Catholic Historical Review, XXI, 4, reprint 1936.
  • “Harvard and La France,” by J.D.M. Ford, Harvard Alumni Bulletin, October 23, 1936.Brief Spanish Grammar for Colleges; by E.C. Hills, J.D.M. Ford and G. Rivera. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1938. 2 editions.
  • “The First English Translator of the Lusíadas of Camões, Sir Richard Fanshawe,” by J.D.M. Ford. Modern Humanities Research Association, XVII, pp. 6–23. Review of Rodney Gallop, Portugal – A Book of Folkways, by J.D.M. Ford. Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. 51, No. 199, pp. 115–7.Bibliografí critic de ediciones del Quijote, impresas desde 1605 hasta 1917, recompiladas y descrites Juan Suñé Benages y Juan Suñé Fonbuena; continudas hasta 1937 por el primero de loscitados sutores y ahora redaciada por J.D.M. Ford y C.T. Keller. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1939.. 2 editions.

1940−1950

The Lusiad, translated by SirRichard Fanshawe, edited with introduction by J.D.M. Ford. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1940.
  • “Some Principles of Linguistic Change in Romance,” by J.D.M.Ford. Speculum, Vol. 15, No 3, 384-5.New First Spanish Course, by E C Hills, J D M Ford. London: George G. Harrap, 1942. 4 editions.Portuguese Grammar; by Elijah Clarence Hills; J D M Ford; John de S Coutinho; revised by LG Moffat. Boston: Heath's Modern Language Series, 1944.
  • “Hills, E. C.,” by J.D.M. Ford. Dictionary of American Biography, XXI, 405-6.
  • “Lang, Henry,” by J.D.M. Ford. Dictionary of American Biography, XXI, 481-2.Os Lusíadas by Luis de Camões; edited with introduction and notes by J.D.M. Ford. Harvard Studies in Romance Languages XXIII. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1946. 9 editions.
  • “In Memoriam of Henry Lang,” by J.D.M. Ford. Hispanic Review I, p. 70.
  • “The Significance of the Cervantes Quadricentennial,” by J.D.M. Ford. Hispania,, pp. 293–96.
  • “George Ticknor,” by J. D. M.Ford. Hispania, Vol. 32, No. 4,, pp. 423–425.Review of La Política y la Reconquista en el Siglo XI , by J.D.M. Ford. Speculum, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 132–133.
  • “The Saint’s Life in the Middle Ages,” by J. D. M. Ford. The Catholic Historical Review, 17: 3, pp. 268–9.

Other

Classic Italian Poetry; edited by J. D. M. Ford. In press in winter 1903–1904.
  • “The Novel,” by J. D. M. Ford.The Types of English Literature, Neilson, William Allen, ed., Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., contracted 1907.

Articles to which he contributed

Les Annales du Midi.România literară.Modern Philology.Publications of the Modern Language Association of America Modern Language Notes
  • ''Romanic Review''

Spanish and Italian article contributions

  • The Catholic Encyclopedia
  • The Dictionary of American Biography
  • The Encyclopedia Americana
  • Johnson's Encyclopedia
  • The New International Encyclopedia
  • The Universal Cyclopaedia