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Robert Maynard Hutchins

American philosopher and university president (1899-1977) · United States · Educators · Died at 78

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Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American educational philosopher. He was the 5th president (1929-1945) and chancellor (1945-1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929). His first wife was the novelist Maude Hutchins.

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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1953
Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt1949

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Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American educational philosopher. He was the 5th president (1929-1945) and chancellor (1945-1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927-1929). His first wife was the novelist Maude Hutchins. Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism.

Country
United States
Category
Educators
Type
Educator
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1977 · aged 78

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