Russell Kirk

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book conservative intellectual historian human literary critic political theorist

Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, historian, and literary critic best known as a founding figure of postwar American conservatism and author of "The Conservative Mind."

Aliases (2)

The Conservative Mind ×3
Russell Amos Kirk ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → conservative intellectual → historian → human → literary critic → political theorist →
academicDegree	PhD in political thought →
author	Russell Kirk →
awardReceived	Presidential Citizens Medal →
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1918-10-19 →
dateOfDeath	1994-04-29 →
describedAs	founding figure of postwar American conservatism →
educatedAt	Duke University → Michigan State College → University of St Andrews →
employer	Michigan State University →
familyName	Kirk →
founded	Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal → The University Bookman →
fullName	Russell Amos Kirk →
genre	conservative thought → ghost stories → political philosophy →
givenName	Russell →
influenced	American conservative movement → William F. Buckley Jr. →
influencedBy	Edmund Burke → Irving Babbitt → T. S. Eliot →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	American conservatism → traditionalist conservatism →
notableWork	Enemies of the Permanent Things → The Conservative Mind → The Politics of Prudence → The Roots of American Order →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	author → editor → historian → literary critic → political theorist → professor →
placeOfBirth	Plymouth, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Mecosta, Michigan, United States →
publicationDate	1953 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Mecosta, Michigan, United States →
spouse	Annette Courtemanche Kirk →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Enemies of the Permanent Things → The Conservative Mind → The Conservative Mind → The Politics of Prudence → The Roots of American Order →	author
Edmund Burke → Irving Babbitt →	influenced
Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal →	focusesOn
The University Bookman →	foundedBy
Russell Kirk ("Russell Amos Kirk") →	fullName
Kirk →	hasNotableBearer
The University Bookman →	hasNotableContributor
Mecosta, Michigan →	longtimeHomeOf
Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal →	namedAfter
Enemies of the Permanent Things →	notableWorkOf
The Politics of Prudence →	relatedTo