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(1907-2012) Writer, historian. Jacques Barzun was born in Creteil, France, and died in San Antonio, Texas.

Full Name

Jacques Barzun

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1907

BIRTH

Jacques Barzun was born in Creteil, France, on November 30, 1907.

1927

OTHER

Mr. Barzun graduated from Columbia University in 1927.

1928

OTHER

Mr. Barzun received his master's degree at Columbia University in 1928.

1932

OTHER

Mr. Barzun received his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1932.

1937

LITWORK

Race: A Study In Modern Superstition
Methuen and Company

Nonfiction.

1939

LITWORK

Of Human Freedom
Little, Brown & Company

Nonfiction.

1941

LITWORK

Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique Of A Heritage
Little, Brown and Co.

Nonfiction.

1949

LITWORK

Teacher In America
Little Brown & Company
0316082996 / 978-0316082990
Nonfiction.

1950

LITWORK

Berlioz And The Romantic Century
Little, Brown

Nonfictiion.

1959

LITWORK

The House Of Intellect
Harper & Brothers
1199363324 / 978-1199363329
Nonfiction.

1964

LITWORK

Science: The Glorious Entertainment
HarperCollins
0060102403 / 978-0060102401
Nonfiction.

1968

LITWORK

The American University: How It Runs, Where It Is Going
HarperCollins
0060102349 / 978-0060102340
Nonfiction.

1975

OTHER

Mr. Barzun taught at Columbia University from 1927 until his retirement in 1975.

1975

LITWORK

Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers
Harper & Row
0060102365 / 978-0060102364
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

From Dawn To Decadence
Harper
0060175869 / 978-0060175863
Nonfiction.

2012

DEATH

Jacques Barzun died in San Antonio, Texas, on October 25, 2012.

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