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(1936-2018) Geologist, author. Sidney Horenstein was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Sidney Horenstein

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Horenstein lived for a time in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and graduated from Long Island City High School.

1936

BIRTH

Sidney Stanley Horenstein was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, on November 11, 1936.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Horenstein received a bachelor's degree in geology from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York, in 1958.

1978

LITWORK

The Big Strawberry Book Of Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Animals
Strawberry Books: Distributed by Larousse
0884700569 / 978-0884700562
Nonfiction.

1993

LITWORK

Rocks Tell Stories
Millbrook Press
1562942387 / 978-1562942380
Nonfiction.

2014

LITWORK

Concrete Jungle: New York City and Our Last Best Hope for a Sustainable Future
University of California Press
0520270150 / 978-0520270152
Nonfiction written with Niles Eldredge.

2018

DEATH

Sidney Horenstein died in Manhattan, New York, on December 5, 2018.

2018

RESIDENCE

At the time of his death, Mr. Horenstein lived with his wife in the Inwood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York.

2019

LITWORK

A Geologist Looks At Manhattan: A Guide To 100 Fascinating Sites
Countryman Press
1581571860 / 978-1581571868
Nonfiction.

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