Frank Aydelotte

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Franklin Ridgeway Aydelotte (born October 16, 1880 in Sullivan (Indiana) , † December 17, 1956 in Princeton (New Jersey) ) was an American educator, scholar and writer.

After earning his bachelor's degree from the University of Indiana in 1900 and his master's degree from Harvard three years later, he taught at a high school in Kentucky. As a Rhodes scholarship holder , he was able to study in Oxford from 1905.

While teaching at the University of Indiana from 1908–1915, he spent a year researching at Oxford. He then taught English literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . In 1921 he became president of Swarthmore College , where he introduced the teaching methods learned at Oxford.

From 1939 to 1947 he was director of the Institute for Advanced Study . Since 1923 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claus Bernet:  Aydelotte, Frank. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 69-76.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive  on 2010-10-17)
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Member History: Frank Aydelotte. American Philosophical Society, accessed April 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Aydelotte, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aydelotte, Franklin Ridgeway (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American educator, scholar, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Sullivan, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1956
Place of death Princeton, New Jersey