Person · Open Library
- Born
- 25 July 1898
- Died
- 21 May 1983
- Works
- 17
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 39
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,641x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- The Genome Analysis Toolkit: A MapReduce framework for analyzing next-generation DNA sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 25,511x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-07-25 ) July 25, 1902, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- May 21, 1983 (1983-05-21) (aged 80), San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Author, longshoreman
- Genre
- Philosophy , social criticism
- Notable awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom , 1983
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 25 July 1902
- Died
- 21 May 1983
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eric
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- sociologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
Article
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. The University of California, Berkeley awards an annual literary prize named jointly for Hoffer.
Early life