Charles Van Doren
Charles Van Doren (1926-2019) was an American writer, editor, and educator who collaborated with Mortimer J. Adler on the revised and expanded edition of How to Read a Book.
His role in this wiki matters less as a standalone doctrine-builder than as a co-architect of one of the clearest practical frameworks for serious reading. The revised edition deepens the original with the four levels of reading, stronger treatment of different genres, and the full account of syntopical reading.