Huston Smith
Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was a scholar of religious studies in the United States, He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) sold over three million copies as of 2017.
Huston Smith | |
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Smith in 2005 | |
| Born | May 31, 1919 |
| Died | December 30, 2016 (aged 97) |
| Known for | Author of The World's Religions |
| Spouse | Kendra Smith |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Central Methodist University (BA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies, philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Denver Washington University in St. Louis Massachusetts Institute of Technology Syracuse University University of California, Berkeley |
| Website | hustonsmith.net |
Born and raised in Suzhou, China, in an American Methodist missionary family, Smith moved back to the United States at the age of 17 and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1945 with a PhD in philosophy. He spent the majority of his academic career as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis (1947–1958), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958–1973) and Syracuse University (1973–1983). In 1983, he retired from Syracuse and moved to Berkeley, California, where he was a visiting professor of religious studies at the University of California, Berkeley, until his death.