Frederick Burkhardt | |
|---|---|
| President of Bennington College | |
| In office 1947–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Lewis Webster Jones |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Succeeded by | William C. Fels |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 13, 1913 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | September 23, 2007 (aged 94) Bennington, Vermont |
| Education | Columbia University University of Oxford |
Frederick Burkhardt (13 September 1913 – 23 September 2007)[1] was an American educator and foundation administrator. He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), then after his retirement devoted decades of work on The Correspondence of Charles Darwin.
He was an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Dr. Burkhardt served as President of Bennington College in Vermont from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1957.[2][3]
Burkhardt graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1940. He also earned a second bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford in 1935.[2]
Burkhardt died on September 23, 2007, in Bennington, Vermont.[4]
References
- ↑ "Professor Frederick Burkhardt" Darwin Correspondence Project
- 1 2 "Obituaries". Columbia College Today. April 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ↑ Waller, John. "Former Bennington College leader dies". Bennington Banner. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ↑ Peterson, Alison J. (5 October 2007). "Frederick H. Burkhardt, a Prominent Educator, Dies at 95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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