Daniel Levitin

American psychologist

Person human Q1981608

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[25]
Date of birth: December 27, 1957, 1957^[8]
Place of birth: San Francisco
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: psychologist, music journalist, record producer, composer, journalist, neuroscientist, neurologist^[10]^[11]
Employer: McGill University, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Minerva University^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Field of work: music psychology^[12]
Educated at: Stanford University, University of Oregon, Stanford University School of Medicine, Berklee College of Music, California State University, Fresno, Palos Verdes High School, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences^[17]^[18]^[19]
Award received: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction^[21]^[22]^[23]
Official website: daniellevitin.com^[30]
Doctoral advisor: John R. Pierce^[20]
Student of: John R. Pierce, Roger Shepard^[31]^[32]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[34]
Family name: Levitin^[27]
Given name: Daniel, Joseph^[28]^[29]
Instrument: tenor saxophone^[33]
Member of: Royal Society of Canada^[24]
Name in native language: Daniel Joseph Levitin^[35]
P14750: 40BE-102B-0BB2-920D-D51B
Record label: 415 Records^[26]
Social media followers: 19k (19k–22k, n=4)
Start of work period: 1980^[36]

🏷️ Also known as

en Daniel J. Levitin en Daniel Joseph Levitin en Daniel Levitin ar دانيال ليفيتين cs Daniel Joseph Levitin de Daniel J. Levitin fa دانیل لویتین ja ダニエル・レビティン ko 대니얼 레비틴 nl Daniel J. Levitin ru Дэниел Левитин ru Левитин, Дэниел uk Деніел Джозеф Левітін

🔖 Identifiers · 73

ISNI: 0000000110417430
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9534-1494
VIAF cluster ID: 305.8M (17.5M–7165170939447.9B, n=4)
Library of Congress authority ID: n2002016616
GND ID: 138101728
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Levitin.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID: 22034
BAnQ authority ID: 0000831449
BBC Things ID: 02444300-3de4-4913-9b29-cec6889705c2
BIBSYS ID: 6072293
Babelio author ID: 216194
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14586205z

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CANTIC ID: 981058523455206706
CBDB.cz author ID: 227315
CONOR.BG ID: 48442725
CONOR.SR ID: 29066343
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10558488
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791825168128
DDB person (GND) ID: 138101728
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 159608
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 138101728
ELNET ID: a11933628
Facebook username: drlevitin
Freebase ID: /m/080nbl
Goodreads author ID: 81619
IMDb ID: nm0355320
IdRef ID: 130269964
Instagram username: daniellevitinofficial
KBR person ID: 14463593
Kallías ID: PE00409733
Libraries Australia ID: 42563652
LinkedIn personal profile ID: daniel-levitin-90a608
Loop ID: 53845
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA16937474
NDL Authority ID: 01193632
NL CR AUT ID: vse2014849494
NLA Trove people ID: 1458173
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000560202
NSK ID: 981005691170809366
NUKAT ID: n2005120193
National Library of Brazil ID: 000491709
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007425287705171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200802361
National Library of Latvia ID: 000338698
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:Ci2D;=BI
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810673255105606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1380618
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX4778897
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 25125416X
Open Library ID: OL2653706A
OpenMLOL author ID: 296448
Parsifal cluster ID: 639570, 839549
Patreon ID: DanielLevitin
Persée author ID: 14918
Podchaser creator ID: 107Zzr4dW6
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 152484
Prabook ID: 3441675
RERO ID (legacy): A027772351
RILM ID: 121257
SBN author ID: TO0V478545
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 446246
SVKKL authority ID: 0438984-Levitin-Daniel-J-1957
TED speaker ID: daniel_levitin
Tabakalera ID: 137078
Threads username: daniellevitinofficial
UOM ID: 48551
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058523455206706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1320272
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbCTB4xx6JcRfRMF4BdcP
X (Twitter) username: danlevitin
Yale LUX ID: person/8f09d3ba-9339-486a-b1c5-2b1c748abba4
YouTube channel ID: UCOQxQ6v4kBYw6AFsT7g3HxA
YouTube handle: daniel.levitin

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Occupation 7

journalist, composer, record producer, psychologist, neurologist, neuroscientist, music journalist

Educated at 5

Stanford University, Berklee College of Music, University of Oregon, California State University, Fresno, Stanford University School of Medicine

Employer 4

Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, McGill University, Minerva University

Award received 2

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction

Student of 2

John R. Pierce, Roger Shepard

Teachers 2

John R. Pierce, Roger Shepard

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Doctoral advisor 1

John R. Pierce

Doctoral advisors 1

John R. Pierce

Field of work 1

music psychology

Given name 1

Daniel

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

tenor saxophone

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

Royal Society of Canada

Place of birth 1

San Francisco

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

Artifact

← Winner 1

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction

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Summary

Daniel Levitin was born on December 27, 1957^[1], in San Francisco^[2]. He has worked as a psychologist^[3], music journalist^[4], record producer^[5], composer^[6], and journalist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Daniel Levitin born?

Daniel Levitin was born in San Francisco^[2].

What did Daniel Levitin do for work?

Daniel Levitin worked as a psychologist^[3], music journalist^[4], record producer^[5], composer^[6], and journalist^[7].

Where did Daniel Levitin go to school?

Daniel Levitin was educated at Stanford University School of Medicine^[17], Palos Verdes High School^[18], and University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences^[19].

What awards did Daniel Levitin receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada^[21], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[22], and Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction^[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Daniel Levitin — place of birth (P19): San Francisco. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Daniel Levitin — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-21. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Daniel Levitin — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Daniel Levitin — educated at (P69): Stanford University School of Medicine. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Daniel Levitin — educated at (P69): Palos Verdes High School. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Daniel Levitin — educated at (P69): University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Daniel Levitin — field of work (P101): music psychology. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): psychologist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): music journalist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): composer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): neuroscientist. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Daniel Levitin — occupation (P106): neurologist. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-10. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Daniel Levitin — employer (P108): McGill University. mcgill.ca. mcgill.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Daniel Levitin — employer (P108): University of California, Berkeley. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Daniel Levitin — employer (P108): Stanford University. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Daniel Levitin — employer (P108): Minerva University. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Daniel Levitin — award received (P166): Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Daniel Levitin — award received (P166): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Daniel Levitin — award received (P166): Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction. qwf.org. qwf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Daniel Levitin — doctoral advisor (P184): John R. Pierce. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Daniel Levitin — record label (P264): 415 Records. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Daniel Levitin — member of (P463): Royal Society of Canada. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Daniel Levitin — date of birth (P569): December 27, 1957. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Daniel Levitin — date of birth (P569): 1957. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-05-28. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Daniel Levitin — family name (P734): Levitin. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Daniel Levitin — given name (P735): Daniel. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Daniel Levitin — given name (P735): Joseph. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Daniel Levitin — official website (P856): http://daniellevitin.com/. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Daniel Levitin — student of (P1066): John R. Pierce. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Daniel Levitin — student of (P1066): Roger Shepard. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Daniel Levitin — instrument (P1303): tenor saxophone. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Daniel Levitin — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-03. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Daniel Levitin — name in native language (P1559): Daniel Joseph Levitin. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Daniel Levitin — start of work period (P2031): 1980. wikidata.org.

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