J. B. Schneewind

Jerome Borges Schneewind (May 17, 1930 – January 8, 2024) was an American scholar of the history of philosophy.

Jerome Borges Schneewind was born on May 17, 1930, in Mount Vernon, New York.

[10] Schneewind held visiting positions at Leicester, Stanford, and Helsinki.

[11] He also held Mellon, Guggenheim,[6] and NEH fellowships,[10][11] and spent 1992–1993 as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences.

[13] He was also Chair of the American Philosophical Association's Board of Officers from 1999 to 2002.