Background
Burkhardt, Frederick Henry was born on September 13, 1912 in Brooklyn.
Burkhardt, Frederick Henry was born on September 13, 1912 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1933. Bachelor of Literature, Oxford University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1940.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Michigan University, 1968. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ball State University, 1976.
Instructor, assistant professor philosophy University Wisconsin, Madison, 1937—1943, associate professor philosophy, 1946—1947. President Bennington College, Vermont, 1947—1957, American Council Learned Societies, New York City, 1957—1974. General editor The Works of William James, 19 vols.
Harvard Press, 1975—1988. Founder, editor The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 15 vols. sponsored by American Council of Learned Societies and Cambridge University Library., from 1985. Research analyst Office of Strategic Services, 1943-1945.
Acting chief Division Research for Europe, United States Department State, 1945-1946. Deputy director Office Public Affairs, United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1950-1951. Member New York City Board Higher Education, 1966-1973, chairman, 1969-1971.
Trustee New York Public Library., 1970-1971, chairman, 1974. Chairman National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1971-1978.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Philosophical Society (Thomas Jefferson gold medal, 2003), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Century Association.