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Noam Chomsky
Fun Facts About Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky had a chimpanzee named after him: Nim Chimpsky, the subject of a Columbia University language study, was a nod to Chomsky's view that language is uniquely human.[1]
- Chomsky wrote his first article at age 10. It was about the 1939 fall of Barcelona and the suppression of the Spanish anarchist movement.[1]
- Frustrated with university, Chomsky nearly dropped out to move to a kibbutz. Conversations with the linguist Zellig Harris, whom he met in a political circle, drew him back.[1]
- Between 1963 and 1965, Chomsky consulted on a military-sponsored project to teach computers to understand natural English commands from military generals.[1]
- Chomsky was arrested at an anti-war teach-in outside the Pentagon, and he was on President Richard Nixon's master list of political opponents.[1]
- From 1980 to 1992, Chomsky was cited in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index more often than any other living scholar.[1]
- Noam Chomsky was alive at the same time as Roger Federer — their lives overlapped for 45 years (1981–present).[1][2][3][4]
- Noam Chomsky and Che Guevara were both born in 1928.[1][2][5][6]
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.[1]
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Questions About Noam Chomsky
When was Noam Chomsky born?
Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, and is alive today.
How old is Noam Chomsky?
Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928, and turns 98 on December 7, 2026.
What is Noam Chomsky known for?
Noam Chomsky is known for: Father of modern linguistics, political activist. Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.
Who was alive at the same time as Noam Chomsky?
Noam Chomsky's closest contemporary was James Watson. Their lives overlapped for 97 years.
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- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Noam Chomsky (Q9049) — Wikidata
- Roger Federer — Wikipedia
- Roger Federer (Q1426) — Wikidata
- Che Guevara — Wikipedia
- Che Guevara (Q5809) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Noam Chomsky portrait 2015.jpg — Wikimedia Commons. Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0