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George Barton Cutten
1874–1962
A Canadian-born scholar and university president, he wrote on psychology, religion, education, and even early American silver. His life moved between the pulpit, the classroom, and academic leadership at Acadia and Colgate.
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Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
by George Barton Cutten
About the author
Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1874, George Barton Cutten built a wide-ranging career as a minister, teacher, writer, and university leader. He studied at Acadia and later earned a Ph.D. at Yale, bringing together interests in psychology, moral philosophy, and religion that shaped much of his writing.
Cutten served as president of Acadia University from 1910 to 1922 and then as president of Colgate University from 1922 to 1942. Alongside his academic leadership, he published books and essays on subjects including psychology, spirituality, higher education, and history, showing an unusually broad curiosity.
He died in 1962, but his work still reflects an era when scholars often moved comfortably across several fields at once. For listeners, he offers the voice of a thoughtful early twentieth-century author whose books connect belief, behavior, and learning.