Frederick Burkhardt (13 September 1913 – 23 September 2007) was an American educator and foundation administrator. He was President of the American Council of Learned Societies ( ACLS), then after his retirement devoted decades of work on ''The Correspondence of Charles Darwin''. He was an Honorary Fellow of

Clare Hall, Cambridge Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It ...

. Dr. Burkhardt served as President of

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

in Vermont from 1947 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1957. Burkhardt graduated from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

with a B.A. in 1933 and a Ph.D. in 1940. He also earned a second bachelor's degree from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 1935. Burkhardt died on September 23, 2007, in

Bennington, Vermont Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous t ...

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