Jesse Glenn Gray, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jesse Glenn Gray

American philosopher

Date of Birth: 27-May-1913

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1977

Profession: translator, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jesse Glenn Gray

  • Jesse Glenn Gray (known as J.
  • Glenn Gray; 1913–1977) was an American philosopher, writer, and professor of philosophy at Colorado College.
  • Gray published numerous books and essays.
  • His first major publication, The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle, is a philosophical memoir of his years as an counter-intelligence officer near the battle lines in Italy during World War II inspired by Gray’s opposition to war.
  • Its reprint in 1967 and subsequent editions included an introduction by Hannah Arendt. Gray was born May 27, 1913, near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.
  • He graduated from Juniata College and obtained an M.A.
  • from the University of Pittsburgh in 1938 and a Ph.D.
  • from Columbia University in 1941.
  • Immediately after this, Gray spent four years in the United States Army, becoming a second lieutenant.
  • When Gray returned to the United States he began his career as a professor.
  • In 1947 Gray married Ursula Werner, with whom he had two daughters. As a long-time professor at Colorado College, Gray obtained fellowships from the Ford Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the National Council on the Arts and Humanities.
  • He also was a scholar-in-residence for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies from 1967 to 1968.
  • As a general editor for Harper & Row, Gray supervised work for the publisher on translations of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, with whom he formed a personal association, and was among his earliest champions in the United States.
  • Colleagues at Colorado College and elsewhere compiled a collection of essays, entitled Something of Great Constancy, in honor of Gray.
  • Prior to its publication, Gray died October 30, 1977, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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