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Ira Berlin

American historian (1941–2018)
Person human Q1167733

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
1941, May 27, 1941[8]
Date of death
June 5, 2018
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
historian, university teacher, writer, professor
Employer
University of Maryland[10]
Educated at
University of Wisconsin–Madison, DeWitt Clinton High School[11][12]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Lincoln Prize, Bancroft Prize, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Albert J. Beveridge Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Cause of death
multiple myeloma[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Family name
Berlin[22]
Given name
Ira[23]
Manner of death
natural causes[24]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[19]
Name in native language
Ira Berlin[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ira Berlin ar إيرا برلين he איירה ברלין ja アイラ・バーリン zh 伊拉·柏林 zh 英國陸軍冷溪衛隊衛兵團 zh-hant 土庫曼部長內閣
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000110814313
VIAF cluster ID
108855629
Library of Congress authority ID
n82051071
GND ID
131871781
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ira Berlin 2008.jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID
12470114
Angelicum ID
54689
BIBSYS ID
90239115
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12025525s
C-SPAN person numeric ID
57308
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
57308
CONOR.SI ID
114990947
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11166739
CiNii Research ID
1140000791587676288
Freebase ID
/m/02659m3
Guggenheim fellows ID
ira-berlin
IdRef ID
028415973
KBR person ID
13977431
LibraryThing author ID
berlinira
Libris-URI
1zcgmw8k3q5p1jn
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01242195
NDL Authority ID
01113115
NL CR AUT ID
jn20011018964
NSK (VIAF) ID
000293419
NSK ID
981005756194409366
NUKAT ID
n99045881
National Library of Brazil ID
000424506
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007258398305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810700201205606
National Virtual Library of India ID
309515
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069876746
Open Library ID
OL225239A
Parsifal cluster ID
283885
RERO ID (legacy)
A023683368
SELIBR ID
333647
SHARE Catalogue author ID
242294
SNAC ARK ID
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UOM ID
99058
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/d482788b-21f1-43d5-96c5-ba8a6c7009c6

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🔗 Connections
Award received 5
Guggenheim Fellowship, Bancroft Prize, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Albert J. Beveridge Award
Occupation 4
writer, historian, professor, university teacher
Educated at 2
University of Wisconsin–Madison, DeWitt Clinton High School
Cause of death 1
multiple myeloma
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
University of Maryland
Family name 1
Berlin
Given name 1
Ira
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
← Winner 1
Bancroft Prize
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Summary

Ira Berlin was born on January 1, 1941[1], in New York City[2]. He died on June 5, 2018[3]. He worked as a historian[4], university teacher[5], writer[6], and professor[7].

FAQs

Where was Ira Berlin born?

Ira Berlin was born in New York City[2].

What did Ira Berlin do for work?

Ira Berlin worked as a historian[4], university teacher[5], writer[6], and professor[7].

Where did Ira Berlin go to school?

Ira Berlin was educated at University of Wisconsin–Madison[11] and DeWitt Clinton High School[12].

What awards did Ira Berlin receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[13], Lincoln Prize[14], Bancroft Prize[15], and Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards[16].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . thegavoice.com. thegavoice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . infoplease.com. infoplease.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . muse.jhu.edu. muse.jhu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . c-span.org. c-span.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gettysburg.edu. gettysburg.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . library.columbia.edu. library.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . historians.org. historians.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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