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(1945-2020) Linguist, author. Geoffrey Nunberg was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in San Francisco, California.

Full Name

Geoffrey Nunberg

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Nunberg lived in Scarsdale, New York.

1945

BIRTH

Geoffrey David Nunberg was born in Manhattan, New York, on June 1, 1945.

1960

OTHER

Mr. Nunberg earned a bachelor's degree at Columbia University in the 1960s.

1978

OTHER

Mr. Nunberg earned a Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1978.

2001

LITWORK

The Way We Talk Now
Houghton Mifflin
0618116028 ISBN-13: 978-0618116027
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Confrontational Times
PublicAffairs
1586482343 ISBN-13: 978-1586482343
Collection of essays.

2006

LITWORK

Talking Right
PublicAffairs
1586483862 ISBN-13: 978-1586483869
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

The Years of Talking Dangerously
PublicAffairs
1586487450 ISBN-13: 978-1586487454
Nonfiction.

2012

LITWORK

Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years
PublicAffairs
1610391756 ISBN-13: 978-1610391757
Nonfiction.

2020

DEATH

Geoffrey Nunberg died at his home in San Francisco, California, on August 11, 2020.

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