My uncle (a scholar in his own right) knew Joseph Campbell's family. They had a cattle farm (I'll decline to mention where), and mentioned their "Uncle Joe" had

My uncle (a scholar in his own right) knew Joseph Campbell's family. They had a cattle farm (I'll decline to mention where), and mentioned their "Uncle Joe" had a room he came to stay in now and then. The family was completely unaware of the profundity of "Uncle Joe" other than that he was a professor and had written a few books. Humble individual, it seems.