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Paul Oskar Kristeller | |
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| Born | May 22, 1905 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | June 7, 1999 (aged 94) New York City, New York, USA |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, educator |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Heidelberg |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernst Hoffmann |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Renaissance humanism |
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Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905 in Berlin – June 7, 1999 in New York, United States) was a scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, where he mentored both Irving Louis Horowitz and A. James Gregor.[citation needed]