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Name:	Robert Maynard Hutchins
Birth Date:	January 17, 1899
Death Date:	May 17, 1977
Place of Birth:	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Place of Death:	Santa Barbara, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	educator

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Biography of Robert Maynard Hutchins
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Reform-minded educator Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) aroused controversy over his views on liberal education in America. Critical of overspecialization, he fought for a balance between college curriculum and Western intellectual tradition at the...

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Robert M. (Maynard) Hutchins ( 17 January 1899 – 17 May 1977 ) was an educational philosopher, a president (1929–1945) of the University of Chicago and its chancellor (1945–1951). Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954) Great...

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Robert Maynard Hutchins (January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York – May 17, 1977, Santa Barbara, California) was an educational philosopher, a president of the University of Chicago (1929–1945) and its chancellor...

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About 19 pages (5,703 words) in 4 products