LOVEJOY, Arthur Oncken. Berlin 10.10.1873 — Baltimore 30.12.1962. U.S. Philosopher. Son of W.W.L., a physician who after his wife’s suicide turned into a clergyman, lost early his mother, Sara Oncken (d. 1875). Studied philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard (William James), but never completed a Ph.D. Taught short periods at different universities (Stanford, Washington, St.Louis, Columbia, and Missouri), in 1910-38 Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins. Apparently never returned to Buddhist studies. Unmarried.
Publications: “The Buddhistic technical terms upādāna and upādisesa”, JAOS 19:2, 1898, 126-136.
– Works on philosophy and intellectual history; founded the Journal of the History of Ideas in 1940.
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