Alfred Henry Lloyd
| Alfred Henry Lloyd | |
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| President of the University of Michigan |
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In office 1925–1925 |
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| Preceded by | Marion LeRoy Burton |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Cook Little |
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January 6, 1864 Montclair, New Jersey |
| Died | May 11, 1927 (aged 63) |
Alfred Henry Lloyd (January 3, 1864 – May 11, 1927) was an American philosopher.
Lloyd received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard. He studied philosophy at Göttingen University in Berlin and Heidelberg University, before returning to Harvard for his Ph.D., which he received in 1893. Upon returning from Europe in 1891, Lloyd was recruited by John Dewey as an instructor in philosophy at the University of Michigan. He remained there his entire career, becoming full professor in 1906. He was named dean of the Graduate School in 1915.
Lloyd was interim president of the University of Michigan from February 26 through September 1925, following the death of Marion LeRoy Burton. He was succeeded by Clarence Cook Little. Lloyd's daughter, Alice Crocker Lloyd, served as the Dean of Women.
Lloyd was the author of five books—Citizenship and Salvation (1897), Dynamic Idealism (1898), Philosophy of History (1899), The Will to Doubt (1907), and Leadership and Progress (1922)—and over 70 ar icles.
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