Author: David Shiner
Born: 1951
Bio: <b><a href="http://www.shimer.edu/aboutshimercollege/DavidShiner.cfm">David Shiner</a></b> (b. 1951) is Professor of Humanities and the History of Ideas at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College in Chicago</a>, where he has taught since 1977. He is also a <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/shimer-college-prof-david-shiner-holds-forth-on-the-history-of-baseball">student</a> of baseball history and member of the Society for American Baseball Research; his works include <i>Baseball's Greatest Players: The Saga Continues</i> (2001).  Shiner has the unusual distinction of having taught every course in Shimer College's <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">Great Books core curriculum</a>, and has served several terms as Dean of the College and as director of Shimer's <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/shimerinoxfordprogram.cfm">Oxford program</a>. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/David_Shiner#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)