hiː ɪz ðə fˈɑːðɚɹ ʌv ˈɛmᵻli dˈɪkɪnsən blˈeɪk "blˈeɪki" vˈɜːmjuːl, ɐ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ æt stˈænfɚd jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ænd ˈeɪdɹiən vˈɜːmjuːl, ɐ lˈɔː pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ æt hˈɑːɹvɚd lˈɔː skˈuːl.
He is the father of Emily Dickinson Blake "Blakey" Vermeule, a professor of English at Stanford University and Adrian Vermeule, a law professor at Harvard Law School.