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Born
John Dewey was born in 1859 in Burlington, Vermont -
Profession
He became a professor for 47 years at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City -
Philosophy
John Dewey and his wife, Alice Chapman Dewey, founded the University of Chicago Laboratory School. They did this because the wanted to implement their philosophy of humane approach to education. -
Philosophy
Along with his colleagues Charles Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey Robinson and Wesley Clair Mitchell, John Dewey also founded The New School for Social Research. -
Death
John Dewey died in New York, New York at the age of 92.