Morris Bishop
(1893-1973) Author. Morris Bishop spent most of his life in New York and was associated with Cornell University.
County: Tompkins
Michael Kammen
(1936-2013) Historian, author. Michael Kammen was born in Rochester, New York, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Kenneth Wilson
(1936-2013) Author. Kenneth Wilson was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, and died in Saco, Maine. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Martin Bernal
(1937-2013) Author. Martin Bernal was born in London, England, and died in Cambridge, England.
Allan Nevins
(1890-1971) Historian, journalist. Allan Nevins was born near Camp Point, Illinois, and died in Menlo Park, California.
Ulric Neisser
(1928-2012) Author. Ulric Neisser was born in Kiel, Germany, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Dmitri Nabokov
(1934-2012) Writer. Dmitri Nabokov was born in Berlin, Germany, and died in Vevey, Switzerland. He was the son of Vladimir Nabokov, and translated much of his father’s work. His family emigrated to New York City in 1940.
Norton Townshend Dodge
(1927-2011) Writer. Norton Dodge was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and died in Washington, D.C. He was a collector of nonconformist Soviet art. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cornell University.
Thomas Eisner
(1929-2011) Author. Thomas Eisner was born in Berlin, Germany, and died in Ithaca, New York. He was an authority on insects.
Alfred E Kahn
(1917-2010) Author. Alfred E. Kahn was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and died in Ithaca, New York.