Teaching is not a lost art. But the regard for it is a lost tradition.
Jacques Martin Barzun Quotes
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.
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| Birth: | 30th November, 1907 |
| Death: | 25th October, 2012 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Professor, Writer |
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Jacques Martin Barzun was born in Créteil, France. He was a French-born American historian. Focusing on ideas and culture, he wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical music. He was also known as a philosopher of education. He published more than forty books. He earned a BA degree from Columbia University in 1927. He received his PhD in Cultural History from Columbia University in 1932. He served as a professor of History at Columbia University in 1937-1975. He wrote several books include: Race, Romanticism and the Modern Ego, The Teacher in America, The House of Intellect, The American University, Pleasures of Music, The Use and Abuse of Art, Simple and Direct, The Culture We Deserve, and From Dawn to Decadence. He was awarded the American Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was dubbed a knight of the French Legion of Honor.
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