George Santayana

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás (December 16, 1863–September 26, 1952), also known as George Santayana, was a Spanish American academic, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.
Santayana is known for his sayings, 
Early life.
Santayana was born on December 16, 1863 in Madrid. He spent his early childhood in Ávila. 
He attended Harvard University, where he studied with William James and Josiah Royce. 
He earned a Ph.D. at Harvard in 1889. He also studied in Berlin and Cambridge.
Career.
Santayana taught philosophy at Harvard. Some of his students were T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Gertrude Stein, Walter Lippmann, and W. E. B. Du Bois. 
Santayana influenced many others, including Bertrand Russell.
Selected works.
In a summary based on writings by and about Santayana, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 1,040+ works in 2,980+ publications in 22 languages and 90,830+ library holdings.