Noam Chomsky

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Born: 1928-12-07
Died: 2024-06-18
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Avram Noam Chomsky

Biography

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. He was 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. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist.

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BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

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Seán MacBride Peace Prize

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Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics

2014
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Albertus-Magnus professorate

2011
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Sydney Peace Prize

2011
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US Peace Prize

2011
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Thomas Merton Award

2010
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Erich Fromm Prize

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honorary doctor of the Peking University

2007
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Carl von Ossietzky Prize

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honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Benjamin Franklin Medal

1999
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Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

1999
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Helmholtz Medal

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William James Fellow Award

1989
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Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

1988
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Orwell Award

1987
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APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology

1984
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honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago

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Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

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Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto

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Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires

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honorary doctorate from Columbia University

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honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala

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honorary doctor of the University of Athens

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honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews

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Associate Member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences

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James Joyce Awards

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Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna

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Sretenje Order

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honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta

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honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge

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Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America

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honorary doctor of Harvard University

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

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honorary doctor of the University of Chile

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Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

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honorary doctorate from the McGill University

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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honorary doctorate of the Autonomous University of Madrid

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Honorary doctorate from university of Florence

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Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society

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