Three Lectures: University of Toronto Installation Lectures, 1958

by Northrop Frye, Clyde Kluckhohn, V. B. Wigglesworth, Murray G. Ross (Introduction)

Overview

Hundreds were turned away from these lectures given on the day of the installation of Dr. Claude Bissell as President of the University of Toronto. Professor Frye spoke on "Humanities in a New World"; Professor Kluckhohn on "The Scientific Study of Values"; and Professor V.B. Wigglesworth on "Science: Pure and Applied".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487597337
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1958
Series:	Heritage
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	70
File size:	505 KB

About the Author

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include Words with Power and Anatomy of Criticism.
Clyde Kluckhohn (1905-1960) was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University.

V.B. Wigglesworth (1899-1994) was Quick Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge.

Murray G. Ross (1910-2000) was a professor emeritus of Social Science and former President of York University.