Who was Alain locke? What impact did he have on the Harlem renaissance?

Alain Leroy Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect —the acknowledged "Dean"— of the Harlem Renaissance. Wikipedia
Born: September 13, 1885, Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 9, 1954, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Place of burial: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Education: Hertford College, Harvard University, Humboldt University of Berlin, More
Parents: Pliny Ishmael Locke, Mary Hawkins Locke