Walter B. Pitkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter B. Pitkin

American philosopher

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1878

Place of Birth: Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1953

Profession: writer, psychologist, university teacher, journalist, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Walter Boughton Pitkin (February 6, 1878 in Ypsilanti, Michigan – January 25, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) was an American lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University (1905–09), and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism (1912–43).
He wrote the self-help books Life Begins at Forty (New York, Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill, 1932) and The Psychology of Happiness.
His A Short Introduction to the History of Human Stupidity was translated into fifteen languages.
Pitkin was a member of the New Realism school in philosophy, writing on its relation to biology. Pitkin and his wife Mary Gray Pitkin had five sons: Richard G., John G., David B., Robert B., and Walter B Pitkin Jr.
The elder Pitkin later married Katherine B.
Johnson.