Background
Green, Theodore Meyer was born on January 25, 1897 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Joseph Kingsbury and Mathilde Hermine (Meyer) Green.
professor of philosophy author
Green, Theodore Meyer was born on January 25, 1897 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Joseph Kingsbury and Mathilde Hermine (Meyer) Green.
Parents United States citizens. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1918. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Edinburgh, 1924.
Doctor of Laws, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1941, Hobart College, 1942, University of Pittsburgh, 1945, Rockford College, 1947.
Doctor of Divinity, Amherst, 1942. Doctor of Humane Letters, Ripon, 1952.
Doctor of Literature, Colby, 1953.
Instructor, Forman Christian College, University of Panjab, India, 1919-1921. Instructor in philosophy Princeton, 1923-1925, assistant professor, 1925-1928, associate professor, 1928-1938, professor, 1938-1945, McCosh professor philosophy, 1941-1945, chairman division program in humanities, 1941-1945. Visiting professor in humanities, Leland Stanford University, 1945-1946.
Professor philosophy Yale, 1946-1955.
M. Doctorate. Anderson visiting professor in humanities Rice Institute, Houston, 1955. Henry Burr Alexander professor in humanities, Scripps College, Claremont, California, 1955-1961.
Visiting professor American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 1961-1962, New Asia College, Hong Kong, 1962-1963, Emory University and Agnes Scott College, 1964-1967, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1967-1968. Master of Silliman College, Yale, 1947-1953.
Served as Young Men's Christian Association war secretary, Mesopotamia, 1918-1919. Traveling fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1932-1933. Fellow of American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Philosophical Association, American Theological Society, American Society for Aesthetics, American Association University professors (president Princeton chapter 1941-1942), Delta Upsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Faith Nelson, March 18, 1920. Married second, Elizabeth R. Harris, June 8, 1946. Children: Janey Elmore (Mistress Harvey H. Meeker), Caroline Irma (Mistress David Riefler).