Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an
American philosopher, educator, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the
Aristotelian and
Thomistic traditions. He lived for the longest stretches in
New York City,
Chicago,
San Francisco, and
San Mateo, California. He worked for
Columbia University, the
University of Chicago,
Encyclopædia Britannica, and Adler's own Institute for Philosophical Research.