Frederick Burkhardt

Frederick Burkhardt
President of Bennington College
In office
1947–1949
Preceded byLewis Webster Jones
In office
1952–1957
Succeeded byWilliam C. Fels
Personal details
Born(1913-09-13)September 13, 1913
Brooklyn, New York
DiedSeptember 23, 2007(2007-09-23) (aged 94)
Bennington, Vermont
EducationColumbia University
University of Oxford

Frederick Burkhardt (13 September 1913 – 23 September 2007)[1] was an American educator and foundation administrator. He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), then after his retirement devoted decades of work on The Correspondence of Charles Darwin.

He was an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Dr. Burkhardt served as President of Bennington College in Vermont from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1957.[2][3]

Burkhardt graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1940. He also earned a second bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford in 1935.[2]

Burkhardt died on September 23, 2007, in Bennington, Vermont.[4]

  1. ^ "Professor Frederick Burkhardt" Darwin Correspondence Project
  2. ^ a b "Obituaries". Columbia College Today. April 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ Waller, John. "Former Bennington College leader dies". Bennington Banner. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ Peterson, Alison J. (5 October 2007). "Frederick H. Burkhardt, a Prominent Educator, Dies at 95". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 August 2022.