Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) was an American educational philosopher who served as president of the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1945 and chancellor from 1945 to 1951. With Mortimer Adler he built the Great Books of the Western World curriculum, championing educational perennialism and liberal education through canonical texts and Socratic dialogue. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Death PlaceSanta Barbara, California 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionWith Mortimer Adler, developed the Great Books of the Western World program and curriculum reforms grounded in Aristotelian-Thomist thought at the University of Chicago, serving as editor-in-chief of Great Books of the Western World. 1 Notable WorkEditor-in-chief, Great Books of the Western World (1952) 1 Notable WorkThe Higher Learning in America (1936) 1 Connections
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Mortimer Adler, Thinkers Adler and Hutchins worked together at the University of Chicago and co-edited the Great Books of the Western World.
Robert Hutchins was president of the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1945, where he instituted the Great Books curriculum.
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Robert Maynard Hutchins (January 17, 1899 – May 14, 1977) was an American educational philosopher.
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His most far-reaching academic reforms involved the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago, which was retooled into a novel pedagogical system built on Great Books, Socratic dialogue, comprehensive examinations and early entrance to college.
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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).
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