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Albert Jay Nock

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American journalist (1870-1945)

Person · Open Library

Born
13 October 1870
Died
19 August 1945
Works
33

Top works

  • Selected letters
  • Memoirs of a superfluous man
  • Selected Letters of Albert Jay Nock
  • On Doing the Right Thing and Other Essays
  • Thomas Jefferson

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
New Zealand
Active from
1940-09-27
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Listeners
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Total plays
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Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1873 – August 19, 1945) was an influential American author, educational theorist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He wrote for numerous journals (co-editing the original Freeman magazine) and also wrote several books. Most famous among these are Our Enemy, the State (1935) and his Memoirs of a Superfluous Man (1943), as well as famous essays such as "Isaiah's Job" (1936) and "Anarchist's Progress" (1927). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alb

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jay
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Scranton
Place of death
Wakefield
Occupation
biographer
Educated at
Bard College
Employer
Bard College
Languages spoken
English language
Movement
Old Right
Image
Nock.jpg
Political ideology
right-libertarianism
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date of birth
1870-10-13
date of death
1945-08-19
cause of death
leukemia
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
English language
Commons category
Albert Jay Nock
influenced by
Henry George
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