Mortimer J. Adler
American philosopher, author and educator (1902-2001) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 98
Mortimer Jerome Adler was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, author, and lay theologian. His philosophical work was situated within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions.
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2001Died28 June 20011990Charles Frankel PrizeAward1978St. Louis Literary AwardAward1976Aquinas MedalAward1902Born28 December 1902
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Adler taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, served as chairman of the board of editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, and founded the Institute for Philosophical Research.
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Lived 1902 to 2001 · aged 98
