Frederic Brenton Fitch papers, 1933-1986 (inclusive).

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Frederic Brenton Fitch papers, 1933-1986 (inclusive).

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The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and teaching materials documenting the professional career of Frederic B. Fitch as an authority on symbolic logic and professor emeritus of philosophy at Yale University.

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Fitch, Frederic B. (Frederic Brenton), 1908-1987

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Frederic Brenton Fitch, the son of Ashbel Parmelee and Josephine Hoyt (Smith) Fitch, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on September 9, 1908, but spent most of his childhood growing up in New York City where his father was a lawyer. He was prepared for college at the Hotchkiss School and graduated from Yale College with the class of 1931. Three years later, he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale and was already teaching at Yale by the next year. In 1951, Fitch became full professor of phil...