Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (Berlin, October 10, 1873 - Baltimore, December 30, 1962) was an influential intellectual historian, and the founder of the subdiscipline known as "the history of ideas. "   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Intellectual history means either: the history of intellectuals, or: the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. ... The history of ideas is a field of research in history and related fields dealing with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time. ...

Lovejoy studied philosophy at Harvard under William James. William James William James (January 11, 1842, New York - August 26, 1910, Chocorua, New Hampshire). ...

As a professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University from 1910 to 1939, Lovejoy founded, and presided for decades over, the university's History of Ideas Club, which was a meeting-place for many of the early-to-mid-20th century's foremost intellectual and social historians and literary critics. He also founded the Journal of the History of Ideas. Lovejoy's "history of ideas" was notable for its insistent focus on "unit-ideas," single concepts (often expressed in single words) which it traced as they were expressed in different combinations through time. The Johns Hopkins University is an internationally prestigious private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ...

Reference

Arthur O. Lovejoy, The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936, 1961, 1970).

External links

• the online Dictionary of the History of Ideas article on "the Chain of Being" credits Lovejoy
• Johns Hopkins University: Lovejoy Papers
• Lovejoy: Founder of the History of Ideas