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Max Pearson Cushing
1886–1951
An American scholar, teacher, and church musician, he is best remembered for a serious early study of the Enlightenment thinker Baron d'Holbach. His life moved between classrooms, wartime service, and sacred music, giving his work an unusual range.
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Baron d'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France
by Max Pearson Cushing
About the author
Born in Bangor, Maine, in 1886, Max Pearson Cushing studied at Bowdoin College and later earned both his A.M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Reliable library and book records describe him as an American educator and author, and note that he also served as a choirmaster.
Cushing is chiefly known for Baron d'Holbach: A Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France (1914), a work that helped introduce readers to one of the boldest voices of the French Enlightenment. Sources connected with the book also say that he worked in intelligence during World War I.
Archival and biographical records suggest a career that stretched across teaching, scholarship, and music. He died in New York in 1951.