Alexander Meiklejohn
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Alexander Meiklejohn was an influential American philosopher and educator known for his advocacy of academic freedom, liberal education, and the First Amendment.
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| Alexander Meiklejohn canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Alexander Meiklejohn Context triple: [Meiklejohn Stadium, namedAfter, Alexander Meiklejohn]
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Orestes Brownson
Orestes Brownson was a 19th-century American intellectual, essayist, and social critic known for his evolving religious and political views and his influential role in New England philosophical and theological debates.
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Josiah Royce
Josiah Royce was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University known for his work on metaphysics, the philosophy of loyalty, and the nature of community and individuality.
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Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt was an American literary critic and humanist whose advocacy of classical restraint, moral realism, and the "New Humanism" movement deeply shaped 20th-century conservative thought.
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George Ripley
George Ripley was a 19th-century American transcendentalist, social reformer, and journalist best known for founding the utopian community Brook Farm and contributing to the Transcendentalist movement.
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William Maynard Hutchins
William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexander Meiklejohn Target entity description: Alexander Meiklejohn was an influential American philosopher and educator known for his advocacy of academic freedom, liberal education, and the First Amendment.
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A.
Orestes Brownson
Orestes Brownson was a 19th-century American intellectual, essayist, and social critic known for his evolving religious and political views and his influential role in New England philosophical and theological debates.
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B.
Josiah Royce
Josiah Royce was an American idealist philosopher at Harvard University known for his work on metaphysics, the philosophy of loyalty, and the nature of community and individuality.
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C.
Irving Babbitt
Irving Babbitt was an American literary critic and humanist whose advocacy of classical restraint, moral realism, and the "New Humanism" movement deeply shaped 20th-century conservative thought.
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D.
George Ripley
George Ripley was a 19th-century American transcendentalist, social reformer, and journalist best known for founding the utopian community Brook Farm and contributing to the Transcendentalist movement.
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E.
William Maynard Hutchins
William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil liberties advocate
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived | American Civil Liberties Union Medal of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1872-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-12-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Cornell University ⓘ |
| employer |
Amherst College
NERFINISHED
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Brown University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Meiklejohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
First Amendment theory
NERFINISHED
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liberal education ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
author
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lecturer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| influenced | First Amendment jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Dewey
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classical liberal political theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of academic freedom
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promotion of liberal education ⓘ support for civil liberties ⓘ theory of the First Amendment as essential to self-government ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American liberalism
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progressive education ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Education Between Two Worlds
NERFINISHED
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Free Speech and Its Relation to Self-Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Political Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ The Liberal College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Roxbury, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Brown University
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Director of the Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ President of Amherst College ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Amherst, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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