Richard Kroner (8 March 1884 in Breslau – 2 November 1974 in Mammern) was a German neo-Hegelian philosopher, known for his Von Kant bis Hegel (1921/4), a classic history of German idealism written from the neo-Hegelian point of view.
In 1924 Victor Klemperer supported a call for Richard Kroner to a new chair for theoretical pedagogics and philosophy at Technische Hochschule Dresden,[1] where he became friends with Paul Tillich.
[1] Under Nazi legislation Kroner's Jewish ancestry as well as his principled democratic stance led to his "suspension" (dismissal) from his university position at Kiel in 1934.
The American philosopher Otis Lee studied with Kroner for the academic year 1933–1934 and helped him escape to the United States and find a new academic position at Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary.
[2]In 1952 Richard Kroner retired to Elkins Park, Pennsylvania[4] before moving to Switzerland.