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(1904-1987) Mythologist. Joseph Campbell was a mythologist and the author of many books on this subject. He was born in White Plains, New York, and attended Columbia University. His most famous work is “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” (1948). Campbell died in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Full Name

Joseph (Mythologist) Campbell

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Campbell grew up in New York City and attended Columbia University. There he studied Medieval Literature and English Literature.

1904

BIRTH

Joseph Campbell was born into an upper middle class family in White Plains, New York, in 1904.

1913

RESIDENCE

Around 1913, Campbell's family moved to New Rochelle, New York, when he was nine.

1925

OTHER

Campbell received a bachelor of arts degree in 1925 from Columbia University, and a master of arts degree in English and comparative literature in 1927.

1933

RESIDENCE

In 1933, Campbell moved to a house in Woodstock, New York, and lived there for about a year.

1934

OTHER

Campbell taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, from 1934 to 1972.

1948

LITWORK

The Hero With A Thousand Faces

1959

LITWORK

The Masks Of God


Four Volumes from 1959-1968.

1972

LITWORK

Myths To Live By

1987

DEATH

Joseph Campbell died in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1987.

1987

INTERMENT

Joseph Campbell was interred at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

1989

LITWORK

Historical Atlas Of World Mythology

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