Salus was born in Vienna, Austria in 1938, he pursued an edition in science (graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from New York University in 1960). He pursued a PhD at NYU in Linguistics, where he completed a thesis in 1963 titled "The Compound Noun in Indo-European: A Survey".
Over the next several years, he pursued an academic career at Queen's College (City University of New York) and the University of Massachusetts. During this time he also worked as a Linguistics Consultant for a publisher (Holt, Rinehart & Winston), and worked on a translation of "Poetic Edda" with W.H. Auden.
In 1969, he came to the University of Toronto Scarborough (then Scarborough College) where he was the Chair of the Humanities Division and a Professor in the Linguistics Department.
In the 1970s he further developed an interest in Computing and Computer Languages, an area of study he pursued after leaving the University of Toronto, eventually writing several books on the history of computing and the Internet.
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Fonds consists of material created by Professor Peter H. Salus. The fonds includes poetry he wrote about the University of Toronto Scarborough/Scarborough College's founding and early years, along with material relating to grants he administered.
Material arrived in no order, order imposed by the Archivist.
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Series consists of several lighthearted poems written by Peter Salus on the history of University of Toronto Scarborough.
Published
File consists of a series of twelve poems by Professor Salus on the history of University of Toronto Scarborough. The file contains both handwritten and typed copies of the poem, and a covering letter from Salus to J. Sowly.
Published
Series consists of material related to grants, for project where Peter H. Salus was the Principal Investigator. Includes proposals, publications, budget documents and correspondence.