Noam Chomsky



First NameNoam
Last NameChomsky
Full Name at BirthAvram Noam Chomsky
Age83
Date of BirthDecember 7, 1928
BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Star SignSagittarius
ReligionAtheist
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
High SchoolCentral High School, Philadelphia, PA
UniversityBA Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (1949)
MA Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania (1951)
Occupation CategoryLinguist
Claim to FameLinguist

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928), known simply as Noam Chomsky, is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and social activist. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics, and a major figure of analytic philosophy. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist, referring to himself as a libertarian socialist. Chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his views.


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