About Edward Alexander
Lived 1936 – 2020 (aged 83–84). Edward Alexander was a historian.
Life Edward Alexander was born in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the Brownsville section where he attended a Hebrew school located on 500 Herzl Street. As a youth, he idolized Jackie Robinson and David Ben-Gurion.
Alexander earned an A.B. from Columbia College in 1957. He then attended the University of Minnesota, where he received an A.M. in 1959, and a Ph.D. in 1963.
Alexander taught English at the University of Washington from 1960 to 2004 and was the first chairman of UW's Jewish Studies Program. He was a visiting professor at Tufts, Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv University, and Memphis State University.
In Jews against Themselves (2015), Alexander explored the contributions apostate Jews made to "the politics and ideology of anti-Semitism."
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Who was Edward Alexander?
American literary critic (1936-2020)
When was Edward Alexander born?
Edward Alexander was born in 1936.
When did Edward Alexander die?
Edward Alexander died in 2020.
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Edward Alexander was a historian.
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· DBpedia: Edward Alexander (professor)
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