Frederick Benjamin Kaye (April 20, 1892 – 1930) was an American scholar who was notable for his work on Bernard Mandeville.
Early life and education Kaye was born in New York City as Frederick Benjamin Kugelman to Julius G. Kugelman, a native of Hamburg, Germany, who had emigrated to New York. Frederick Kugelman subsequently changed his surname to Kaye.History of the Class of Nineteen-hundred and Fourteen: Yale College, Volume 1 (Yale University Press, 1914), p. 226.Bulletin of Yale University: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University (Yale University Press, 1930), p. 206. He was educated at Yale University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1914 and a Master of Arts in 1916.Reports to the President of Yale University (Yale University Press, 1923), p. 185.
Career Kaye was professor of English at Northwestern University from 1918 to 1930.Yale University catalogue of Kaye's papers During his career, Kaye became known for his scholarship on the topic of Bernard Mandeville. In 1975, Mandeville Studies claimed that Kaye "almost single-handedly revived Mandeville as one of the most important writers of the eighteenth century".Irwin Primer (ed.), Mandeville Studies: New Explorations in the Art and Thought of Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) (Springer, 1975), p. vii.
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'. (with R. S. Crane), 'A Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800', Studies in Philology, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1927), pp. 1–205.
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