Background
Wheelwright, Philip Ellis was born on July 6, 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Jessamine (Meeker) Wheelwright.
Wheelwright, Philip Ellis was born on July 6, 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Jessamine (Meeker) Wheelwright.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1921, Doctor of Philosophy, 1924. Student Union Theological Seminary. Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1968.
Jean. Instructor Latin Hun Preparatory School, 1923-1924. Instructor philosophy Princeton, 1924-1925. Instructor philosophy Washington Square College, New York University, 1925-1927, assistant professor, 1927-1928, associate professor, 1928-1931, professor, 1931-1935, chairman philosophy department, 1927-1932.
Professor philosophy Dartmouth, 1937-1953, chairman division humanities, 1944-1947.
Lecturer philosophy Bread Loaf School English, summers 1930, 42. Visiting professor philosophy Pomona College, 1953.
Professor, philosophy University of California at Riverside, 1954-1966, professor emeritus, 1966-1970. Research professor Smith College, 1957-1958.
Churchill professor of University Bristol, 1959-1960.
Lecturer Amherst College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Mount Holyoke College, University Texas, University of South, Haverford Colonel, Princeton, Yale, Syracuse University, U. Mexico, University of Southern California.
Member American Philosophical Association (president Pacific division 1966), American Association Aesthetics, English Institute, Society American Folklore, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Maude Chase McDuffee, June 8, 1940.