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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imperial University in Tokyo, National University in Peking, and the University of Mexico. He retired from active service, and was appointed as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy in Residence at Columbia University in 1930. He also worked for the Turkish government and as an educational ad visor for the Barnes Foundation, served as chairman of the Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky and was elected president of the League for Industrial Democracy. In 1886 he married Alice Chipman with whom he would have four children. She died in 1927 and he remarried in 1946 to Roberta Lowitz Grant His books include, Psychology, Ethics (co-authored by James H. Tufts), Human Nature and Conduct, Experience and Nature, The Quest for Certainty, A Common Faith, and Logic: Theory of Inquiry. In 1935 the John Dewey Society was formed by a group of professional educators in New York City. Their mission was to promote the study of education and culture. John Dewey died in New York City on June 1st, 1952.

From the description of Myrtle McGraw collection of John Dewey correspondence, 1928-1942. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 301577905

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