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The one-volume Propædia is the first of three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica,
the other two being the 10-volume Micropædia and the 19-volume Macropædia. The Propædia is
intended as a topical organization of the Britannica's contents, complementary to the alphabetical
organization of the other two parts. Introduced in 1974 with the 15th edition,
the Propædia and Micropædia were intended to replace the Index of the 14th edition; however, after
widespread criticism, the Britannica restored the Index as a two-volume set in 1985. The core of
the Propædia is its Outline of Knowledge, which seeks to provide a logical framework for all human
knowledge; however, the Propædia also has several appendices listing the staff members, advisors
and contributors to all three parts of the Britannica.
In March 2012, Britannica's president, Jorge Cauz, announced that it would not produce any new
print editions of the encyclopaedia, with the 2010 15th edition being the last. This was announced as
a move by the company to adapt to the times and focus on its future using digital distribution.[1]

Contents

 1Outline of Knowledge
o 1.1Similar works
 2Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge
 3See also
 4References

Outline of Knowledge[edit]
Analogous to the Britannica itself, the Outline has three types of goals: epistemological, educational,
and organizational.[2] In the epistemological arena, it seeks to provide a systematic,
strictly hierarchical categorization of all possible human knowledge, a 20th-century analog of
the Great Chain of Being and Francis Bacon's outline in Instauratio magna. In the educational arena,
the Propædia lays out a course of study for each major discipline, a "roadmap" for a student who
wishes to learn a field in its entirety. Finally, the Propædia serves as an expanded Table of Contents
for the Micropædia and Macropædia; according to its designer, Mortimer J. Adler, all the articles of
the Britannica were commissioned based on the Outline of Knowledge [clarification needed].[2]
The Outline has ten Parts, each with an introductory essay. The authors of these essays are listed
below in the final column of Table 1. The same ten men were responsible for developing the outline
for their Part, in consultation and collaboration with a handful of other scholars; in all, 86 men and
one woman were involved in developing the Outline of Knowledge (see Table 2 below).
Each of the ten Parts contains from 2 to 7 Divisions, which in turn contain from 2 to 11 Sections.
These Sections form the basic categories of knowledge in the schema, and each one is given a
special three-part numerical code to encode its place in the Outline's hierarchy. For example, the
section "Military Technology" has the code "736" indicating that it is the 6th Section of the 3rd
Division ("Major Fields of Technology") of the 7th Part ("Technology"). Forward slashes are used
when a Part, Division or Section has more than one digit; for example, the Section "History and
Philosophy of Logic" has the code "10/11" indicating that it is the 1st section of the 1st Division
("Logic") of the 10th Part ("The Branches of Knowledge").
Table 1: The Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia
 Lea
Intro
10 d
41 Divisions 167 Sections ducti
Parts Aut
on
hor

1.1 Atoms 1.1.1 Structure and Properties of Atoms

1.1.2 Atomic Nuclei and Elementary Particles

"The
Unive
1.2.1 Chemical Elements: Periodic Variation in The rse of
ir Properties the
1.2.2 Chemical Compounds: Molecular Structure a
Physi
1. Mat 1.2 Energy, Radiatio nd Chemical Bonding
Nige cist,
ter an n, and 1.2.3 Chemical Reactions
States of Matter 1.2.4 Heat, Thermodynamics, Liquids, Gases, Plas l the
d
mas Cald Chem
Ene
1.2.5 The Solid State of Matter er ist,
rgy
1.2.6 Mechanics of Particles, Rigid and Deformabl and
e Bodies: Elasticity, Vibration, and Flow the
1.2.7 Electricity and Magnetism, Astro
1.2.8 Waves and Wave Motion nome
r"

1.3 The Universe

1.3.1 The Cosmos
1.3.2 Galaxies and Stars
1.3.3 The Solar System

2.1.1 The Planet Earth

2.1 Earth's Propertie
2.1.2 Earth's Physical Properties
s, Structure, Compos
2.1.3 Structure and Composition of the Earth's Inte
ition
rior
2.1.4 Minerals and Rocks
Pete
"The
r
2. The Great
John
Earth Globe
Wylli
Itself"
2.2 Earth's Envelope 2.2.1 The Atmosphere e
2.2.2 The Hydrosphere: the Oceans, Freshwater a
nd Ice Masses
2.2.3 Weather and Climate

2.3 Surface Features

 2.3.1 Physical Features of the Earth's Surface
2.3.2 Features Produced by Geomorphic Processe
s

2.4 Earth's History 2.4.1 Origin and Development of the Earth and Its
Envelopes
2.4.2 The Interpretation of the Geologic Record
2.4.3 Eras and Periods of Geologic Time

3.1 The Nature and 3.1.1 Characteristics of Life

Diversity of Life 3.1.2 The Origin and Evolution of Life
3.1.3 Classification of Living Things

3.2 The Molecular Ba

sis
3.2.1 Chemicals and the Vital Processes
of Life
3.2.2 Metabolism: Bioenergetics and Biosynthesis
3.2.3 Vital Processes at the Molecular Level

3.3.1 Cellular Basis of Form and Function

3.3.2 Relation of Form and Function in Organisms
3.3.3 Coordination of Vital Processes: Regulation Ren "The
and Integration é Myste
3. Life 3.3 The Structures 3.3.4 Covering and Support: Integumentary, Skelet Dub ries of
and Functions al, and Musculatory Systems
os Life"
of Organisms 3.3.5 Nutrition: the Procurement and Processing of
Nutrients
3.3.6 Gas Exchange, Internal Transport, and Elimi
nation
3.3.7 Reproduction and Sex
3.3.8 Development: Growth, Differentiation, and M
orphogenesis
3.3.9 Heredity: the Transmission of Traits

3.4 The Behavior

of Organisms 3.4.1 Nature and Patterns of Behavior
3.4.2 Development and Range of Behavioral Capa
cities: Individual and Group Behavior

3.5 The Biosphere

 3.5.1 Basic Features of the Biosphere
3.5.2 Populations and Communities
3.5.3 Disease and Death
3.5.4 Biogeographic Distribution of Organisms: Ec
osystems
3.5.5 The Place of Humans in the Biosphere

4.1 The Developmen

4.1.1 Human Evolution
t
4.1.2 Human Heredity: the Races
of Human Life

4.2 The Human

Body: 4.2.1 The Structures and Functions of the Human
Health and Body
Disease 4.2.2 Human Health
4.2.3 Human Diseases
4.2.4 The Practice of Medicine and Care of Health
"The
Lore
4. Hu Cosm
n
man L ic
Eisel
ife Orph
ey
4.3.1 General theories of human nature and an"
behavior
4.3.2 Antecedent conditions and developmental
processes affecting a person's behavior and
4.3 Human Behavior conscious experience
and Experience 4.3.3 Influence of the current environment on a
person's behavior and conscious experience:
attention, sensation, and perception
4.3.4 Current Internal states affecting a person'
behavior and conscious experience
4.3.5 Development of Learning and Thinking
4.3.6 Personality and the Self: Integration and Disi
ntegration

5.1.1 Peoples and Cultures of the World

5.1 Social Groups:
5.1.2 The Development of Human Culture
Ethnic
5.1.3 Major Cultural Components and Institutions o
groups and Cultures
f Societies
"Man
5.1.4 Language and Communication Haro
the
5. Soc ld D.
Social
iety Lass
Anim
well
5.2 Social al"
Organization 5.2.1 Social Structure and Change
and Social Chang 5.2.2 The Group Structure of Society
e 5.2.3 Social Status
5.2.4 Human Populations: Urban and Rural Comm
unities
 5.3 The Production, 5.3.1 Economic Concepts, Issues, and Systems
Distribution, and 5.3.2 Consumer and Market: Pricing and Mechanis
ms for Distributing Goods
Utilization of Weal
5.3.3 The Organization of Production and Distributi
th on
5.3.4 The Distribution of Income and Wealth
5.3.5 Macroeconomics
5.3.6 Economic Growth and Planning

5.4 Politics and 5.4.1 Political Theory

5.4.2 Political Institutions: the Structure, Branches,
Government
& Offices of Government
5.4.3 Functioning of Government: the Dynamics of
the Political Process
5.4.4 International Relations: Peace and War

5.5.1 Philosophies and Systems of Law; the Practi

5.5 Law ce of Law
5.5.2 Branches of Public Law, Substantive and Pro
cedural
5.5.3 Branches of Private Law, Substantive and Pr
ocedural

5.6 Education
5.6.1 Aims and Organization of Education
5.6.2 Education Around the World

6.1.1 Theory and Classification of the Arts

6.1.2 Experience and Criticism of Art; the Nonaest
6.1 Art in General
hetic Context of Art
6.1.3 Characteristics of the Arts in Particular Cultur Mar
es "The
k
World
6. Art Van
of
Dore
Art"
n
6.2 Particular Arts 6.2.1 Literature
6.2.2 Theater
6.2.3 Motion Pictures
6.2.4 Music
6.2.5 Dance
 6.2.6 Architecture, Garden and Landscape
Design, and Urban Design
6.2.7 Sculpture
6.2.8 Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
6.2.9 Decoration and Design|Functional Design

7.1 Nature & Develo

7.1.1 Technology: Its Scope and History
pment
7.1.2 The Organization of Human Work
of Technology

7.2.1 Technology of Energy Conversion and Utiliza

tion
7.2 Elements of Tech 7.2.2 Technology of Tools and Machines
nology 7.2.3 Technology of Measurement, Observation, a Lord "Kno
nd Control
Pet wing
7.2.4 Extraction and Conversion of Industrial Raw
7. Tec Materials er How
hnolo 7.2.5 Technology of Industrial Production Process Ritc and
gy es hie- Knowi
Cald ng
er Why"

7.3.1 Agriculture and Food Production

7.3.2 Technology of the Major Industries
7.3 Fields of Technol 7.3.3 Construction Technology
ogy 7.3.4 Transportation Technology
7.3.5 Technology of Information Processing and of
Communications Systems
7.3.6 Military Technology
7.3.7 Technology of the Urban Community
7.3.8 Technology of Earth and Space Exploration

8.1 Religion in Gener 8.1.1 Knowledge and Understanding of Religion

al 8.1.2 Religious Life: Institutions and Practices

Wilfr
ed "Relig
8. Reli 8.2.1 Prehistoric Religion and Primitive Religion Cant ion as
gion 8.2.2 Religions of Ancient Peoples well Symb
8.2 Particular Religio 8.2.3 Hinduism and Other Religions of India Smit olism"
ns 8.2.4 Buddhism h
8.2.5 Indigenous Religions of East Asia: Religions
of China, Korea, and Japan
8.2.6 Judaism
8.2.7 Christianity
8.2.8 Islam
 8.2.9 Other Religions and Religious Movements in
the Modern World

9.1 Ancient Southwe 9.1.1 Ancient Southwest Asia and Egypt, the Aege
st Asia, an, and North Africa
North Africa, and 9.1.2 Ancient Europe and Classical Civilizations of
Europe the Mediterranean to AD 395

9.2 Medieval Southw 9.2.1 The Byzantine Empire and Europe from AD 3
est Asia 95—1050
9.2.2 The Formative Period in Islamic History, AD
North Africa and
622—1055
Europe 9.2.3 Western Christendom in the High and Later
Middle Ages 1050—1500
9.2.4 The Crusades, the Islamic States, and Easte
rn Christendom 1050—1480

"The
9.3.1 China to the Beginning of the Late T'ang AD Point
755 and
Jacq
9. Hist 9.3 East, Central, So 9.3.2 China from the Late T'ang to the Late Ch'ing ues
Pleas
uth, AD 755—1839 ure of
ory 9.3.3 Central and Northeast Asia to 1750 Barz
and Southeast Asi Readi
9.3.4 Japan to the Meiji Restoration 1868, Korea to un
a ng
1910 Histor
9.3.5 The Indian Subcontinent and Ceylon to AD 1
y"
200
9.3.6 The Indian Subcontinent 1200—
1761, Ceylon 1200—1505
9.3.7 Southeast Asia to 1600

9.4 Sub- 9.4.1 West Africa to 1885

Saharan Africa 9.4.2 The Nilotic Sudan and Ethiopia AD 550—
to 1885 1885
9.4.3 East Africa and Madagascar to 1885
9.4.4 Central Africa to 1885
9.4.5 Southern Africa to 1885

9.5 Pre-
Columbian America
9.5.1 Andean Civilization to AD 1540
9.5.2 Meso-American Civilization to AD 1540
 9.6.1 Western Europe 1500—1789
9.6.2 Eastern Europe, Southwest Asia, and North
Africa 1480—1800
9.6.3 Europe 1789—1920
9.6.4 European Colonies in the Americas 1492—
1790
9.6 The Modern Worl 9.6.5 United States and Canada 1763—1920
d 9.6.6 Latin-America and Caribbean to 1920
to 1920 9.6.7 Australia and Oceania to 1920
9.6.8 South Asia Under European Imperialism 150
0—1920
9.6.9 Southeast Asia Under European Imperialism
1600—1920
9.6.10 China until Revolution 1839–
1911, Japan from Meiji Restoration to 1910
9.6.11 Southwest Asia, North Africa 1800—
1920, Sub-Saharan Africa 1885—
1920: Under European Imperialism

9.7.1 International Movements, Diplomacy and Wa

r Since 1920
9.7.2 Europe Since 1920
9.7 The World Since 9.7.3 The United States and Canada Since 1920
9.7.4 Latin American and Caribbean Nations Since
1920
1920
9.7.5 China in Revolution, Japanese Hegemony
9.7.6 South and Southeast Asia: the Late Colonial
Period and Nations Since 1920
9.7.7 Australia and Oceania Since 1920
9.7.8 Southwest Asia and Africa: the Late Colonial
Period and Nations since 1920

10.1 Logic 10.1.1 History and Philosophy of Logic

10. Br 10.1.2 Formal Logic, Metalogic, & Applied Logic "Kno
anche wledg
Mort
s e
imer
Beco
J.
of 10.2 Mathematics me
10.2.1 History and Foundations of Mathematics Adle
Kno Self-
10.2.2 Branches of Mathematics r
wledg 10.2.3 Applications of Mathematics consc
e ious"

10.3 Science
 10.3.1 History and Philosophy of Science
10.3.2 The Physical Sciences
10.3.3 The Earth Sciences
10.3.4 The Biological Sciences
10.3.5 Medicine
10.3.6 The Social Sciences, Psychology, Linguistic
s
10.3.7 The Technological Sciences

10.4 History and

The Humanities 10.4.1 Historiography
10.4.2 The Humanities and Humanistic Scholarshi
p

10.5 Philosophy
10.5.1 History of Philosophy
10.5.2 Divisions of Philosophy
10.5.3 Philosophical Schools and Doctrines

10.6 Preservation
of Knowledge 10.6.1 Institutions and Techniques for the Collectio
n, Storage, Dissemination and Preservation of Kno
wledge

The Outline was an eight-year project of Mortimer J. Adler, published 22 years after he published a
similar effort (the Syntopicon) that attempts to provide an overview of the relationships among the
"Great Ideas" in Adler's Great Books series. (The Great Books were also published by
the Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.) Adler stresses in his book, A Guidebook to Learning: For a
Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom, that the ten categories should not be taken as hierarchical but as
circular.
The whole of the Propædia's synoptic outline of knowledge deserves to be read carefully. It
represents a twentieth-century scheme for the organization of knowledge that is more
comprehensive than any other and that also accommodates the intellectual heterodoxy of our time.

— Mortimer J. Adler, in A Guidebook, pp. 91-2

Similar works[edit]
Other encyclopedias have provided analogous outlines of knowledge. In the Preface to the
famous Encyclopédie (published 1751-1772), d'Alembert provides a roadmap to the knowledge of
his time. Inspired by that example, in a letter dated 15 November 1812, Dugald Stewart proposed
to Archibald Constable, the owner and publisher of the Britannica, that the supplement to its 5th
edition should begin with a series of dissertations that outlined and organized the knowledge of their
time.

Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge[edit]

 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Mortimer J.
1902 2001 All Parts Editor 1
Adler

Associate editor; Editorial Vice

Charles Van
1926 All Parts President of Encyclopædia 2
Doren
Britannica Inc. (1973–1982)

Associate editor; Senior Fellow of

William J.
1982 All Parts the Institute for Philosophical 3
Gorman
Research

A. G. W. Matter and Professor of Astronomy, Harvard

1925 2005 4
Cameron Energy University

Farrington Matter and Professor of Chemistry, University

1889 1972 5
Daniels Energy of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison

Professor of Physics, University of

Morton Matter and
Minnesota, Minneapolis (1975– 6
Hamermesh Energy
1986)

Emeritus Professor of
Physics, California State
Vincent E. Matter and
Polytechnic University, Pomona; 7
Parker Energy
Dean, School of Science (1967–
1977)

Professor of Geography, University

Richard J.
1927 2002 The Earth of Cambridge; Fellow of Sidney 8
Chorley
Sussex College, Cambridge
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

William Senior Scientist, Woods Hole

Stelling von The Earth Oceanographic Institution (1968– 9
Arx 1978)

Professor of Geology and

Peter John Chairman, Division of Geological
1930 The Earth 10
Wyllie and Planetary Sciences, California
Institute of Technology

Strathcone Professor of
Life on
N. J. Berrill 1903 1996 Zoology, McGill University (1946– 11
Earth
1965)

Gilbert L. Woodside Professor of

Vincent Life on Zoology, University of
1915 1993 12
Dethier Earth Massachusetts Amherst (1975–
1993)

Distinguished Professor of
Louis S. Life on
1906 2000 Pharmacology, University of Utah, 13
Goodman Earth
Salt Lake City

Emeritus Professor of Human

Garrett Life on
1915 2003 Ecology, University of California, 14
Hardin Earth
Santa Barbara

Alexander Agassiz Professor

Ernst Walter Life on
1904 2005 Emeritus of Zoology, Harvard 15
Mayr Earth
University
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

John
Life on Emeritus Professor of Biology,
Alexander 1915 2002 16
Earth University of California, Riverside
Moore

Professor of Biology, Biophysics

and Genetics; Distinguished
Theodore T. Life on Professor of Medicine, University of
1916 2005 17
Puck Earth Colorado, Health Sciences Center;
Director, Eleanor Roosevelt
Institute for Cancer Research

Head, Vennesland Research

Laboratory, Max Planck Society
Birgit Life on
(1970–1981); Director, Max Planck 18
Vennesland Earth
Institute for Cell Physiology, Berlin
(1968–1970)

Life on Professor of Biology, Brown

Paul B. Weisz 19
Earth University

Ralph H. Life on Emeritus Professor of Botany,

1892 1989 20
Wetmore Earth Harvard University

D. Mead Johnson Professor of

Life on
Emil H. White Chemistry, Johns Hopkins 21
Earth
University

Wilfrid
Professor of Anatomy, University of
Edward Le 1895 1971 Human Life 22
Oxford
Gros Clark
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Chief Medical Examiner, State

Russell S. of Maryland; Professor of Forensic
1985 Human Life 23
Fisher Pathology, University of
Maryland Medical School, Baltimore

F. Clark Professor of Anthropology,

1925 2007 Human Life 24
Howell University of California, Berkeley

Gregory A. Emeritus Professor of

Human Life 25
Kimble Psychology, Duke University

Erich Associate Professor of

1930 2011 Human Life 26
Klinghammer Psychology, Purdue University

Warren
Staff member, Research Laboratory
Sturgis 1899 1969 Human Life 27
of Electronics, MIT (1952–1969)
McCulloch

William J. Professor of Psychology, Yale

Human Life 28
McGuire University

Nobel Prize for Physiology or

Medicine, 1960; Jodrell Professor of
Zoology and Comparative
Anatomy, University College
Peter
1915 1987 Human Life London (1951–1962); Director, 29
Medawar
National Institute, Mill Hill, London
(1962–1971); Scientific staff
member, Medical Research
Council, England (1971–1984)
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Professor of Economics, New York

William J. Human
1922 2017 University; Emeritus Professor of 30
Baumol Society
Economics, Princeton University

Human Henry Ford II Professor Emeritus of

Daniel Bell 1919 2011 31
Society Social Science, Harvard University

Guiliano H. Human Former Professor of

32
Bonfante Society Linguistics, University of Turin

Distinguished Professor of
Kenneth E. Human
1910 1993 Economics, University of Colorado, 33
Boulding Society
Boulder

Lewis A. Human Distinguished Professor Emeritus of

1913 2003 34
Coser Society Sociology, SUNY, Stony Brook

Sigmund Human Giddings Professor Emeritus of

35
Diamond Society Sociology, Columbia University

Eaton Professor of the Science of

Carl J. Human
1901 1984 Government, Harvard University 36
Friedrich Society
(1955–1971)

Professor of Sociology and

Human
Paul Mundy Chairman, Department of Criminal 37
Society
Justice, Loyola University Chicago
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Professor of
Kenyon E. Human
1988 Economics, Northwestern 38
Poole Society
University

Emeritus Professor of Political

C. Herman Human Science, University of California,
39
Pritchett Society Santa Barbara and University of
Chicago

Professor of Anthropology,
Human University of Chicago (1948–1976);
Sol Tax 1907 1995 40
Society Director, Center for the Study of
Man, Smithsonian Institution

Charles Emeritus Professor of Finance and

Human
Raymond 1900 1979 Economics, University of 41
Society
Whittlesey Pennsylvania

Emeritus professor of Psychology

Rudolf
1904 2007 Art of Art, Carpenter Center for the 42
Arnheim
Visual Arts, Harvard University

Keeper, Department of
Robert Jesse
1916 1994 Art Ceramics, Victoria and Albert 43
Charleston
Museum (1963–1976)

Clifton Member, Board of

1904 1999 Art 44
Fadiman Editors, Encyclopædia Britannica
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Professor of Comparative
Literature, Rutgers
Francis
1904 1986 Art University (1953–1969); Professor 45
Fergusson
of Comparative Literature,
Princeton University (1973–1981)

Novelist and writer on architecture

John Gloag 1896 1981 Art 46
and industrial design

Curator, Museum of Modern

Art Film Library (1951–1965);
Richard
1912 1969 Art Lecturer on Motion 47
Griffith
Pictures, Wesleyan
University (1967–1969)

Professor of English, University of

Richard Birmingham (1962–1973); Warden,
1918 2014 Art 48
Hoggart Goldsmiths' College, University of
London (1976–1984)

Edward Officier d'Académie, Paris; Writer

1905 1973 Art 49
Lockspeiser and broadcaster on music.

Roy McMullen 1984 Art Author, critic, and art historian 50

Benjamin Franklin Professor of

Leonard B.
1918 2007 Art Music and Humanities, University of 51
Meyer
Pennsylvania
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Music editor, Encyclopædia

Michael
1929 1994 Art Britannica; Director, Musica 52
Morrow
Reservata, London

Director, Eastman Kodak

Beaumont House (1958–1971); Visiting
1908 1993 Art 53
Newhall Professor of Art, University of New
Mexico (1971–1984)

Watson Gordon Professor of Fine

Art, University of Edinburgh (1931–
1933); editor, The Burlington
Herbert Read 1893 1968 Art 54
Magazine (1933–1939); Charles
Eliot Norton professor of Poetry,
Harvard University (1953–1954)

Program Director, London (1959–

1963) and New York (1963–1987)
Richard Roud 1929 1989 Art 55
Film Festivals; Film critic, The
Guardian (1963–1969)

Art consultant; author of Porcelain

George
1982 Art Through the Ages, Pottery Through 56
Savage
the Ages, and other works

Wolfgang Professor of Fine Arts, Oberlin

1896 1974 Art 57
Stechow College (1940–1963)

Joshua C. William Rainey Harper Professor of

1981 Art 58
Taylor Humanities and Professor of Art,
University of Chicago (1963–1974);
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Director, National Collection of Fine

Arts, Smithsonian Institution

Everard M. Professor of Fine Arts, Columbia

1978 Art 59
Upjohn University (1951–1970)

Chief Curator, Cluny Museum

(1945–1965); Chief Curator,
National Museum of Sèvres
Porcelain (1945–1965); Chief
Pierre Verlet Art 60
Curator of Art Objects from the
Middle Ages to the Modern
Period, Louvre Museum (1945–
1965)

Sterling Professor of Comparative

René Wellek 1903 1995 Art Literature, Yale University (1952– 61
1972)

Glynne
Emeritus Professor of
William
Art Drama, University of Bristol; Dean, 62
Gladstone
Faculty of Arts (1970–1972)
Wickham

Professor of Drama, University of

Raymond
Cambridge (1974–1983); Fellow of
(Henry) 1988 Art 63
Jesus College, Cambridge (1961–
Williams
1988)

Paul S. Professor of Art History and

1974 Art 64
Wingert Archaeology, Columbia University
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Professor of Architectural
Bruno Zevi 1918 2000 Art History, University of Rome (1963– 65
1979)

Chairman, Doxiadis Associates

International; Chairman, Board of
Konstantinos Directors, Doxiadis Associates, Inc.;
Apostolos 1914 1975 Technology Washington D.C. Chairman, Board 66
Doxiadis of Directors, Athens Technological
Organization; President, Athens
Center of Ekistics

Emeritus Professor of
Eugene S. History, University of Delaware;
1916 2004 Technology 67
Ferguson Curator of Technology, Hagley
Museum, Greenville Delaware

Callaway Professor of the History of

Melvin
1917 1995 Technology Technology, Georgia Institute of 68
Kranzberg
Technology (1972–1988)

Vice President, Western Electric

Company, New York City (1965–
Harvey G.
Technology 1969); President (1969–1971); 69
Mehlhouse
Chairman of the Board (1971–
1972)

Robert Smith Professor of the History of

1983 Technology 70
Woodbury Technology, MIT
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

Arthur Professor of Asian

Llewellyn 1914 1986 Religion Civilizations, Australian National 71
Basham University

James T. Professor of Theology, University of

Religion 72
Burtchaell Notre Dame; Provost (1970–1977)

J. V.
Professor of Apologetics, Seabury-
Langmead 1978 Religion 73
Western Theological Seminary
Casserley

Professor of the History of

Religions, Seijo
Ichiro Hori 1974 Religion 74
University and Kokugakuin
University

Sterling Professor of History, Yale

Jaroslav Jan
1923 2006 Religion University; President, American 75
Pelikan
Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor

Jakob Josef of Judeo-Christian Studies, Hebrew
1925 1991 Religion 76
Petuchowski Union College, Jewish Institute of
Religion, Cincinnati (1981–1991)

University Professor Emeritus,

Jacques The History
1907 2012 Columbia University; Dean of 77
Barzun of Mankind
Faculties and Provost (1958–1967)
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

The
Otto Allen Emeritus Professor of Arts and
Branches of 78
Bird Letters, University of Notre Dame
Knowledge

Professor of Chinese Philosophy

and Culture, Dartmouth
The
Wing-Tsit College (1942–1966); Anna R. D.
1901 1994 Branches of 79
Chan Gillespie Professor of
Knowledge
Philosophy, Chatham
University (1966–1982)

The
William Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
1921 2009 Branches of 80
Herbert Dray and of History, University of Ottawa
Knowledge

The
Norwood Professor of Philosophy, Yale
1924 1967 Branches of 81
Hanson University (1963–1967)
Knowledge

Charles L. Stillé Professor of

The History, Yale University, (1967–
J. H. Hexter 1910 1996 Branches of 1978); Distinguished Historian in 82
Knowledge residence, Washington
University (1978–1986)

The
Ernan V. Professor of Philosophy, University
Branches of 83
McMullin of Notre Dame
Knowledge
 Table 2: Contributors to the Outline of Knowledge in the Propædia[3]

Date Date
Part of
Name of of Description Index
Outline
birth death

The Professor of Mathematics, Illinois

Karl Menger 1902 1985 Branches of Institute of Technology (1946– 84
Knowledge 1971)

Fellow, Balliol College, University of

The
Arthur Oxford; Professor of
1914 1969 Branches of 85
Norman Prior Philosophy, Manchester
Knowledge
University (1959–1966)

University Professor of
The
Nicholas Philosophy, University of
1928 Branches of 86
Rescher Pittsburgh; editor, American
Knowledge
Philosophical Quarterly

The
Seymour Professor of Mathematics, Carleton
Branches of
Schuster College
Knowledge