Robert Maynard Hutchins
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Robert Maynard Hutchins was an American educational philosopher. He was the 5th president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School. His first wife was the novel
Hutchins c. 1954
Hutchins' Yale yearbook photo, 1921
Hutchins (left) is joined by namesake donor George Herbert Jones (right) and Jones' daughter during the dedication of the George Herbert Jones Laboratory in December 1929.
Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in 54 volumes. A second edition wa
Robert Maynard Hutchins
…to liberal education if only because they are teacher-proof." Illustrating his dedication to the Great Books, Hutchins served as editor in chief of Great Books of the Western World and Gateway to the Great Books. He served as coeditor of The Great Ideas Today, and as chairman of the board of editors of Encyclopædia Britannica from…
The Great Books (second edition)