# Ernst Cassirer

> German philosopher (1874–1945)

**Wikidata**: [Q57188](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57188)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Cassirer)  
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## Summary

Ernst Cassirer was a philosopher, university teacher, and art historian[1][2][3] born on May 28, 1874, in Wrocław[4][5][6][2][7][8]. He was educated at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Marburg[9], becoming associated with the Marburg School[10]. His employers included the University of Hamburg, where he worked from 1919 to 1933, and the University of Oxford from 1933 to 1935[11]. He also worked for the War Press Office of the German Reich and at All Souls College[11].Cassirer received the Kuno Fischer Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg. He died of a myocardial infarction on April 13, 1945, in New York City[4][12][5][6][2][7][13][14][15][16][8][17][18][19][1]. His remains were buried at Cedar Park Cemetery[20].

## Summary
Ernst Cassirer was a German philosopher (1874–1945) who made foundational contributions to the philosophy of culture and the philosophy of history. He is best known for his concept of "symbolic forms," which analyzed how human thought and culture evolve through symbolic systems, and for his influential work *The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms* (1923). His ideas shaped modern philosophy, anthropology, and cultural studies.

## Biography
- Born: May 28, 1874, in Hamburg, Germany
- Nationality: German
- Education: Studied at the University of Hamburg and the University of Berlin
- Known for: Developing the philosophy of symbolic forms and analyzing the evolution of human thought and culture
- Employer(s): University of Hamburg, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg

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