Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy

American philosopher and intellectual historian

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1873

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1962

Profession: historian, university teacher, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, literary historian

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the discipline known as the history of ideas with his book The Great Chain of Being (1936), on the topic of that name, which is regarded as 'probably the single most influential work in the history of ideas in the United States during the last half century'.