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Andrew Hacker (1929-2026) Author, political scientist. Andrew Hacker was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Andrew Hacker

Locations

BronxNew YorkQueensTompkins

Author's Timeline


1929

Birth

New York County
Andrew Hacker was born in Manhattan, New York, on August 30, 1929.

1947

Other Life Event

Bronx County: Mr. Hacker graduated from the Horace Mann School in the Bronx, New York, in 1947.

1955

Other Life Event

Tompkins County
Mr. Hacker began teaching at Cornell University in 1955, and taught there until 1971.

1961

Literary Work

Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science
The Macmillan Company
0023486104 / 978-0023486104
Nonfiction.

1970

Literary Work

The End of the American Era
Atheneum
Nonfiction.

1971

Other Life Event

Queens County
Mr. Hacker taught at Queens College for more than fifty years beginning in 1971.

1992

Literary Work

Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal
Scribners
0684191482 / 978-0684191485
Nonfiction.

1997

Literary Work

Money: Who Has How Much and Why
Scribner
0684196468 / 978-0684196466
Nonfiction.

2003

Literary Work

Mismatch: The Growing Gulf Between Women and Men
Scribners
0684862522 / 978-0684862521
Nonfiction.

2010

Literary Work

Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids — And What We Can Do About It
Times Books
0805087346 / 978-0805087345
Nonfiction co-written with Claudia Dreifus.

2016

Literary Work

The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions
The New Press
1620970686 / 978-1620970683
Nonfiction.

2020

Literary Work

Downfall: The Demise of a President and His Party
Skyhorse
1510760199 / 978-1510760196
Nonfiction.

2026

Death

New York County
Andrew Hacker died in a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on April 21, 2026.

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