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Bloom, Allan David

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Born: 1930 AD
Died: 1992 AD, at 62 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Educators, Lawyers, Philosophers

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1930 - Born on the 14th of September in Indianapolis, Indiana. American philosopher, essayist and educator.

1949 - He finished his B.A. degree at University of Chicago.

1953 - Took his M.A. at the University of Chicago.

1955 - Finished and received his Ph.D. in Committee on Social Thought from the University of Chicago.

         - Became Professor at University of Chicago.

1962 - Served as Professor at Yale University.

1963-1970 - Became Professor at Cornell University.
 
1979 - Professor in Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago.

1981 - Wrote "Shakespeare's Politics" with Harry V. Jaffa.

1987 - Authored the book "The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students".

1992 - He died on 7th of October of liver failure at Chicago, Illinois.





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