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Birth of Ernest Nagel
On November 16th, 1901 in the small town in Slovakia now but then was part of the austria Hungarian empire. -
Emigration to the United States
Ernest Nagel emigrated to the United States at the age of 10 with his family, and became a U.S. citizen in 1919. He received a BSc from the City College of New York in 1923, and earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1931. -
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College education
He received a bachelor’s from the City College of New York in 1923, and earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1931 with a concentratio on the concept of measurement. Except for one year at Rockefeller University, he spent his entire academic career at Columbia. -
First book publishing
In 1930 Nagel published his first book called “on the logic of measurement” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-RoWF6TD3Sk -
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Columbia career
He became the first John Dewey Professor of Philosophy there in 1955 And then University Professor from 1967 until his retirement in 1970, after which he continued to teach. -
Elected into the national Academy of Sciences
In 1977 he was one of the very small amount of philosophers elected to the National Academy of Sciences. -
Death of Ernest Nagle
On September 20th 1985 Ernest passed away in New York City leaving his two sons to live on in his legacy Sydney and Alexander Nagel.