Background
Sprague,, Elmer Delos was born on August 14, 1924 in Havelock, Nebraska, United States. Son of Elmer Delos Sprague and Gertrude Ola Dowd.
Sprague,, Elmer Delos was born on August 14, 1924 in Havelock, Nebraska, United States. Son of Elmer Delos Sprague and Gertrude Ola Dowd.
Bachelor, University Nebraska, 1948. Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1953.
English instructor Kearney (Nebraska) State Teachers College, 1948. Associate professor philosophy Arkansas Polytech. College, Russellville, 1953.
Instructor philosophy to associate professor Brooklyn College, 1953-1967, professor philosophy, 1968-1997, professor emeritus, since 1998.
President Putnam Highlands Audubon Society, Philipstown, New York, 1991—1993. Volunteer archivist division art and antiquities Department Parks and Recreation, New York City, 1997—2001. Member American Philosophical Association, Mind Association, Hume Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Gretchen Louise Burnham, June 22, 1948. Children: Emily, Jennifer, Timothy, Gilbert.