F. S. C. Northrop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American philosopher
Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1893
Place of Birth: Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 21-Jul-1992
Profession: scientist, philosopher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About F. S. C. Northrop
- Filmer Stuart Cuckow Northrop (November 27, 1893 in Janesville, Wisconsin – July 21, 1992 in Exeter, New Hampshire) was an American philosopher.
- After receiving a B.A.
- from Beloit College in 1915, and an MA from Yale University in 1919, he went on to Harvard University where he earned another MA in 1922 and a Ph.D.
- in 1924.
- Northrop was an influential comparative philosopher.
- His most influential work, The Meeting of East and West, was published in 1946 at the aftermath of World War II.
- Its central thesis is that East and West both must learn something from each other to avoid future conflict and to flourish together.
- He was appointed to the Yale faculty in 1923 as an instructor in Philosophy, and later was named professor in 1932.
- In 1947 he was appointed Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Law.
- He chaired the Philosophy department from 1938 to 1940 and was the first Master of Silliman College, from 1940 to 1947. Northrop was personally acquainted with and close to a great number of leading figures in philosophy, politics, and science.
- These included G.
- H.
- Hardy, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Erwin Schroedinger, Hermann Weyl, Norbert Wiener, Mao Zedong, John Foster Dulles and Mohammed Iqbal, among many others.
- For instance, see the dedication to "Man, Nature, and God." He was the author of twelve books and innumerable articles on all major branches of philosophy.
- Chapter-length studies of seven of these books can be found in Fred Seddon’s An Introduction to the Philosophical Works of F.
- S.
- C.
- Northrop.
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