John McPhee
Facts
20 properties- Instance of
- human
- Sex or gender
- male
- Date of birth
- March 8, 1931
- Place of birth
- Princeton
- Country of citizenship
- United States[8]
- Employer
- Princeton University[9]
- Educated at
- Princeton University, Magdalene College, Deerfield Academy, Princeton High School[10][11][12][13]
- Award received
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, John Burroughs Medal, George Polk Award, John Wesley Powell Award, Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism[20][21][22][23][24]
- Notable work
- Annals of the Former World, The Control of Nature, Coming into the Country, Encounters with the Archdruid, The Pine Barrens, The Headmaster, A Sense of Where You Are, Basin and Range[14][15][16][17][18][19]
- Spouse
- Pryde Brown[5]
- Official website
- www.johnmcphee.com
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Contributed to creative work
- The New Yorker
- Family name
- McPhee
- Has written for
- The New Yorker
- P14750
- 8562-C301-8739-B02E-D8C4
- ISNI
- 0000000118853341
- VIAF cluster ID
- 92169855
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n79076613
- GND ID
- 118972227
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- John Mcphee.jpg ↗
- Adelphi author ID
- 721
- BIBSYS ID
- 90193537
- Babelio author ID
- 178929
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12245394t
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140000791721964800, 1140000791862724096
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 118972227
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/John-McPhee
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- FAST ID
- 1427423
- Freebase ID
- /m/0173gy
- Goodreads author ID
- 40
- Harper's tag
- john-mcphee
- IMDb ID
- nm0574183
- ISFDB author ID
- 84445
- IdRef ID
- 031191185
- KBR person ID
- 14033691
- Libraries Australia ID
- 35860443
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA02975511, DA18688541
- NDL Authority ID
- 00449591
- NL CR AUT ID
- jx20100512005
- NUKAT ID
- n00078561
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
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- National Library of Korea ID
- KAC202006348
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000104354
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 072476583
- Notable Names Database ID
- 434/000048290
- Obálky knih ID
- jx20100512005
- Open Library ID
- OL29767A
- Parsifal cluster ID
- 11143
- Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
- 52434
- Prabook ID
- 634940
- Quora topic ID
- John-McPhee-2
- RERO ID (legacy)
- A020324699
- SBN author ID
- CFIV002286
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6z34ztd
- TMDB person ID
- 1433948
- The New Yorker contributor ID
- john-mcphee
- The Paris Review interviewee ID
- 5997
- WorldCat Entities ID
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- Yale LUX ID
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Contributed to creative work 1
Country of citizenship 1
Employer 1
Has written for 1
Instance of 1
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Summary
John McPhee was born in Princeton[1]. He was born on March 8, 1931[2]. He worked as a writer[3] and academic[4].
Body
Education
Educated at Princeton University[10], a private university[26], in United States[27], founded in 1746[28], headquartered in Princeton[29]; Magdalene College[11], a college of the University of Cambridge[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1428[32]; Deerfield Academy[12], a school[33], in United States[34], founded in 1797[35]; and Princeton High School[13], a high school[36], in United States[37], founded in 1898[38].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Annals of the Former World[14], a literary work[39]; The Control of Nature[15], a literary work[40]; Coming into the Country[16], a literary work[41]; Encounters with the Archdruid[17], a literary work[42]; The Pine Barrens[18], a literary work[43]; and The Headmaster[19], a literary work[44].
Recognition
Awards received include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[20], a class of award[45], in United States[46]; John Burroughs Medal[21], a literary award[47], in United States[48]; George Polk Award[22], a journalism prize[49], in United States[50], founded in 1949[51]; John Wesley Powell Award[23], an award[52], founded in 1971[53]; and Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism[24], a journalism prize[54], founded in 1989[55].
Personal Life
Children include Laura McPhee[6], a photographer[56], b. 1958[57], of United States[58], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[59], specialised in photography[60] and Martha McPhee[7], a novelist[61], b. 1965[62], of United States[63], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[64].
FAQs
Where was John McPhee born?
Born in Princeton[1].
Who was John McPhee married to?
John McPhee's spouses include Pryde Brown[5].
What did John McPhee do for work?
John McPhee worked as writer[3] and academic[4].
Where did John McPhee go to school?
John McPhee was educated at Princeton University[10], Magdalene College[11], Deerfield Academy[12], and Princeton High School[13].
What awards did John McPhee receive?
Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[20], John Burroughs Medal[21], George Polk Award[22], and John Wesley Powell Award[23].