Jacques Barzun
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Jacques Barzun was a French-born American historian, cultural critic, and educator renowned for his influential writings on Western civilization, education, and the arts.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacques Barzun canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
cultural critic
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bancroft Prize
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Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-11-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-10-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| familyName | Barzun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cultural history
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education ⓘ history of Western civilization ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
American conservative intellectual thought
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cultural history of the 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Henri Bergson
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William James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Western civilization
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education ⓘ the arts ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Letters
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ |
| movement | humanism ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Barzun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Berlioz and the Romantic Century
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Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present NERFINISHED ⓘ Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers NERFINISHED ⓘ Teacher in America NERFINISHED ⓘ The House of Intellect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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cultural critic ⓘ educator ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Créteil, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | San Antonio, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Dean of Graduate Faculties at Columbia University
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Provost of Columbia University ⓘ professor at Columbia University ⓘ |
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