They also used an additional hour in the morning for twighlight and a further hour in the evening for dusk. Due to the fact that there is a longer period of sunlight during summmer than there is during winter, the hours during the summer were longer than those during winter.
As of May 2010, 69,880 people worked as professors of English language and literature in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. English professors across the United States made an average of $67,920 per year.
Male professors at Yale University make on average $201,294 USD over the course of nine months, the typical contract for an academic year. This is $145,441 more than the average male university professor's nine month salary ($55,853 USD).