Northrop, F. S. C, 1893-

Filmer Stuart Cuckow Northrop (1893-1992) was a philosopher, college professor, and author. A member of the Yale faculty, 1923-1962, in the Department of Philosophy and School of Law, he wrote eight major books, including Science and First Principles (1931) and The Meeting of East and West (1946).

1893 born November 27 1915 A.B., Beloit College 1915 1916 social work in New York City 1917 1919 U.S. Army 1919 A.M. in Economics, Yale University 1919 August 6 married Christine Johnston 1919 1920 educational secretary International Committee YMCA in Hong Kong 1922 A.M. in Philosophy, Harvard University 1923 1926 Instructor in Philosophy, Yale University 1924 Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science, Harvard University 1926 1929 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Yale University 1929 1932 Associate Professor of Philosophy, Yale University 1931 published Science and First Principles 1932 1947 Professor of Philosophy, Yale University 1940 1947 Master of Silliman College 1946 published The Meeting of East and West, An Inquiry Concerning World Understanding 1947 published The Logic of the Sciences and Humanities 1947 1962 Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Law, Yale University 1952 published The Taming of the Nations, A Study of the Cultural Bases of International Society 1953 edited Alfred North Whitehead: An Anthology 1954 published European Union and United States Foreign Policy: A Study in Sociological Jurisprudence 1959 published The Complexity of Legal and Ethical Experience 1960 published Philosophical Anthropology and Practical Politics 1962 published Man, Nature and God; A Quest for Life's Meaning 1962 Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Law emeritus 1969 death of Christine Johnston Northrop 1969 married Marjorie Carey

From Who's Who in America, 1978,1979, p. 2415 and Historical Register of Yale University 1937-1951, pp. 241-42.

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