Hartley Burr Alexander

Hartley Burr Alexander ( born April 9, 1873 in Lincoln / Nebraska; † 27 July 1939 Claremont / California ) was an American writer, philosopher and anthropologist.

Hartley Burr Alexander studied at the University of Nebraska and the University of Pennsylvania in 1901 and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He then worked in Boston as an author and editor of Webster 's Dictionary. From 1908 to 1927 he taught philosophy at the University of Nebraska. In 1919 he was president of the American Philosophical Association.

He published at this time articles, comments and poems in various newspapers and several books on Indian mythology and their symbolism. 1922 commissioned him the architect Bertram Goodhue to design a program for the mythological inscriptions, sculptures and mosaics at the Nebraska State Capitol Building. After the success of collaboration Alexander received similar orders for the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, the Los Angeles Public Library, the Oregon State Capitol Building and the Rockefeller Center in New York.

From 1927 until his death taught Alexander philosophy at Scripps College in Claremont / California. 1939, a month before his death, the University of Nebraska awarded him an honorary doctorate in literature. In 1988 he was awarded a place in the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

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  • Nebraska State Historical Society - Alexander, Hartley Burr
  • Nebraska State Historical Society - Hartley Burr Alexander Papers
  • Nebraska State Capitol - Hartley Burr Alexander
  • Online Archive of California - Guide to the Hartley Burr Alexander Projects Collection
  • Man
  • Born 1873
  • Died in 1939
  • Philosopher ( 20th century)
  • Author
  • Poetry
  • Ethnologist
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