Hartley Burr Alexander

Hartley Burr Alexander (born April 9, 1873 in Lincoln / Nebraska , † July 27, 1939 in Claremont / California ) was an American writer , philosopher and ethnologist .

Hartley Burr Alexander studied at the University of Nebraska and the University of Pennsylvania, and received a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University in 1901 . He then worked in Boston as the author and editor of Webster's Dictionary . From 1908 to 1927 he taught philosophy at the University of Nebraska. In 1919 he was president of the American Philosophical Association .

During this time he published articles, commentaries and poems in various newspapers and several books on Native American mythology and its symbolism. In 1922, the architect Bertram Goodhue commissioned him to design a mythological program for the inscriptions, sculptures and mosaics on the Nebraska State Capitol Building . After the success of the collaboration, Alexander received similar commissions for the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, the Los Angeles Public Library , the Oregon State Capitol Building and the Rockefeller Center in New York.

From 1927 until his death, Alexander taught philosophy at Scripps College in Claremont / California. In 1939, a month before his death, the University of Nebraska awarded him an honorary doctorate in literature. In 1988 he received a place in the Nebraska Hall of Fame .

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SURNAME	Alexander, Hartley Burr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American writer, philosopher, and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 9, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lincoln (Nebraska)
DATE OF DEATH	July 27, 1939
Place of death	Claremont (California)