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Robert Hutchins

Also Known As Robert M. Hutchins
Institutional Founders and System Builders

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/

Facts
Birth Date
1899-01-17 1
Birth Year
1899 1
Death Date
1977-05-14 1
Death Year
1977 1
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York 1
Death Place
Santa Barbara, California 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
With 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 Work
Editor-in-chief, Great Books of the Western World (1952) 1
Notable Work
The Higher Learning in America (1936) 1
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Associated With

Mortimer Adler, Thinkers

Adler and Hutchins worked together at the University of Chicago and co-edited the Great Books of the Western World.

University of Chicago, Institutions and Systems

Robert Hutchins was president of the University of Chicago from 1929 to 1945, where he instituted the Great Books curriculum.

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In Approach

Perennialism (education), Pedagogical Approaches

Theories and Approaches Developed

Perennialism (education), Pedagogical Approaches
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  • Associated With: University of Chicago, Biography section, Robert Maynard Hutchins article
    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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