Oscar Lewis
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Oscar Lewis appears in Vinony's National Book Award collection — one of 301 entries. It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Vinony's link graph records 54 inbound references to Oscar Lewis, and connects out to New York City, history and anthropology.
It is catalogued under topics including 1914 births, 1970 deaths and 20th-century American anthropologists.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oscar
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- City College of New York
- Employer
- University of Washington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Oscar Lewis, author, cropped.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1914-12-25
- date of death
- 1970-12-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
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University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
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Categories
1914 births1970 deaths20th-century American anthropologistsBrooklyn College facultyBurials at Montefiore CemeteryCity College of New York alumniColumbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumniNational Book Award winnersSocial scientists from New York CityUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign facultyWashington University in St. Louis faculty