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 ==Life and Works==
-Bloom was born September 14, 1930, as an only child in [[Indianapolis]], though he later moved to [[Chicago]].<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''New World Encyclopedia''.</ref>  He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and studied in Paris, receiving a PhD in 1955.<ref name="bio">http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-david-bloom</ref>  He taught at Yale and then Cornell, where he translated ''Plato's Republic'', but was unhappy with Cornell's treatment of revolting students and went to Israel, Paris, and Toronto before returning to Chicago, where he translated Rousseau's ''Emile''.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/allan-bloom-3596.php</ref>  It was there that he wrote ''The Closing of the American Mind:  How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students'' (1987), in which he criticizes universities for not teaching students to think, and blames curricula, rock music, television, and elitism.<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  He supported "great book" education, in which the works of past philosophers were taught, and was praised for his conservative philosophy, while liberal critics declared him to be an elitist ignoring change in favor of a modern world.<ref name="bio" />  He also worked to translate the works of many thinkers whose importance had been realized by Leo Strauss, including [[Xenophon]], Al-Farabi, and Averroes.<ref>http://contemporarythinkers.org/allan-bloom/biography/</ref>
+Bloom was born September 14, 1930, as an only child in [[Indianapolis]], though he later moved to [[Chicago]].<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''New World Encyclopedia''.</ref>  He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and studied in Paris, receiving a PhD in 1955.<ref name="bio">"Allan David Bloom." ''Your Dictionary''. http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-david-bloom</ref>  He taught at Yale and then Cornell, where he translated ''Plato's Republic'', but was unhappy with Cornell's treatment of revolting students and went to Israel, Paris, and Toronto before returning to Chicago, where he translated Rousseau's ''Emile''.<ref>"Allan Bloom."
 He died on October 7, 1992.

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 ==Life and Works==
-Bloom was born September 14, 1930, as an only child in [[Indianapolis]], though he later moved to [[Chicago]].<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''New World Encyclopedia''.</ref>  He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and studied in Paris, receiving a PhD in 1955.<ref name="bio">http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-david-bloom</ref>  He taught at Yale and then Cornell, where he translated ''Plato's Republic'', but was unhappy with Cornell's treatment of revolting students and went to Israel, Paris, and Toronto before returning to Chicago, where he translated Rousseau's ''Emile''.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/allan-bloom-3596.php</ref>  It was there that he wrote ''The Closing of the American Mind:  How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students'' (1987), in which he criticizes universities for not teaching students to think, and blames curricula, rock music, television, and elitism.<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  He supported "great book" education, in which the works of past philosophers were taught, and was praised for his conservative philosophy, while liberal critics declared him to be an elitist ignoring change in favor of a modern world.<ref name="bio"></ref>  He also worked to translate the works of many thinkers whose importance had been realized by Leo Strauss, including [[Xenophon]], Al-Farabi, and Averroes.<ref>http://contemporarythinkers.org/allan-bloom/biography/</ref>
+Bloom was born September 14, 1930, as an only child in [[Indianapolis]], though he later moved to [[Chicago]].<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''New World Encyclopedia''.</ref>  He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and studied in Paris, receiving a PhD in 1955.<ref name="bio">http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-david-bloom</ref>  He taught at Yale and then Cornell, where he translated ''Plato's Republic'', but was unhappy with Cornell's treatment of revolting students and went to Israel, Paris, and Toronto before returning to Chicago, where he translated Rousseau's ''Emile''.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/allan-bloom-3596.php</ref>  It was there that he wrote ''The Closing of the American Mind:  How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students'' (1987), in which he criticizes universities for not teaching students to think, and blames curricula, rock music, television, and elitism.<ref>"Bloom, Allan."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  He supported "great book" education, in which the works of past philosophers were taught, and was praised for his conservative philosophy, while liberal critics declared him to be an elitist ignoring change in favor of a modern world.<ref name="bio" />  He also worked to translate the works of many thinkers whose importance had been realized by Leo Strauss, including [[Xenophon]], Al-Farabi, and Averroes.<ref>http://contemporarythinkers.org/allan-bloom/biography/</ref>
 He died on October 7, 1992.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[Saul Bellow]]

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		+	==Life and Works==
		+	Bloom was born September 14, 1930, as an only child in [[Indianapolis]], though he later moved to [[Chicago]].<ref>"Bloom, Allan." ''New World Encyclopedia''.</ref> He received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and studied in Paris, receiving a PhD in 1955.<ref name="bio">http://biography.yourdictionary.com/allan-david-bloom</ref> He taught at Yale and then Cornell, where he translated ''Plato's Republic'', but was unhappy with Cornell's treatment of revolting students and went to Israel, Paris, and Toronto before returning to Chicago, where he translated Rousseau's ''Emile''.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/allan-bloom-3596.php</ref> It was there that he wrote ''The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students'' (1987), in which he criticizes universities for not teaching students to think, and blames curricula, rock music, television, and elitism.<ref>"Bloom, Allan." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> He supported "great book" education, in which the works of past philosophers were taught, and was praised for his conservative philosophy, while liberal critics declared him to be an elitist ignoring change in favor of a modern world.<ref name="bio"></ref> He also worked to translate the works of many thinkers whose importance had been realized by Leo Strauss, including [[Xenophon]], Al-Farabi, and Averroes.<ref>http://contemporarythinkers.org/allan-bloom/biography/</ref>
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		+	He died on October 7, 1992.
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		+	==See Also==
		+	*[[Saul Bellow]]
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		+	==References==
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