Richard Geldard
Kerhonkson, New York, United States Email: richgeldard@gmail.com
Home page: www.rgbooks.com
Richard Geldard is a full-time writer and publisher living in New York City and the Hudson Valley. He is married to the artist and writer Astrid Fitzgerald.
Before turning to writing he was an educator, teaching English and philosophy at both the secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to retiring to write and publish he taught Greek Philosophy and The Science of Mind at Yeshiva College in New York.
He is a graduate of Bowdoin College, The Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College and Stanford University, where he earned his doctorate in Dramatic Literature and Classics in 1972. He has also studied at St. John’s College, Oxford.
Geldard is the author of nine books, including studies of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Greek philosophy and culture. He is also a frequent lecturer. In June, 2003, and September, 2003, he was a featured speaker at Faneuil Hall in Boston as part of the Emerson Bicentennial Celebrations. In June, 2005, he was the Keynote speaker at the re-instatement of the Delphic Games in Delphi, Greece. Interests: American Transcendentalism, Early Greek Thought, Science and Spirituality
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