George Herbert Mead Born: 27-Feb-1863 Birthplace: South Hadley, MA Died: 26-Apr-1931 Location of death: Chicago, IL Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male Religion: Congregationalist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Philosopher, Sociologist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Pragmatist, social behaviorist Father: Hiram Mead (Congregationalist minister, professor at Oberlin) Mother: Elizabeth Storrs Billings (professor at Oberlin, President of Mount Holyoke College) Wife: Helen Castle (m. 1891, one son) Son: Henry (b. 1892)
University: BA, Oberlin College (1879-83) University: MA, Harvard University (1887-88, left for Germany) Professor: University of Michigan (1891-94) Professor: University of Chicago (1894-1931)
Author of books:
The Philosophy of the Present (1932) Mind, Self, and Society (1934) Movements of Thought in the Nineteenth Century (1936) The Philosophy of the Act (1938)
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