Cal Newport

Summary

Cal Newport is a human^[1]. He was born in United States^[2]. He was born on June 23, 1982^[3]. He worked as a computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], and university teacher^[6]. He ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,084 views/month, #6,854 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Born in United States^[2], Cal Newport…
• Cal Newport was born on June 23, 1982^[3].
• Cal Newport held citizenship in United States^[8].
• Cal Newport's professions included computer scientist^[4].
• Cal Newport worked as a writer^[5].
• Cal Newport worked as a university teacher^[6].
• Cal Newport's field of work was informatics^[9].
• Cal Newport's field of work was computer science^[10].
• Cal Newport's field of work was popular science literature^[11].
• Cal Newport was employed by Georgetown University^[12].
• Cal Newport's education included a stint at Dartmouth College^[13].
• Cal Newport's doctoral advisor was Nancy Lynch^[14].
• A notable work attributed to Cal Newport is Deep Work^[15].
• A notable work attributed to Cal Newport is Digital Minimalism^[16].
• A notable work attributed to Cal Newport is So Good They Can't Ignore You^[17].
• Cal Newport is recorded as male^[18].
• Cal Newport's instance of is recorded as human^[19].
• Cal Newport's family name is recorded as Newport^[20].
• Cal Newport's given name is recorded as Calvin^[21].
• Cal Newport's given name is recorded as Charles^[22].
• Cal Newport's official website is recorded as https://www.calnewport.com/^[23].
• Cal Newport's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English^[24].
• Cal Newport's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cal Newport'}^[25].
• Cal Newport's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[26].

Product Details

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• Type: Person^[27]

• Country: US^[28]

• Began / founded: 1982-06-23^[29]

• MusicBrainz ID: d4377520-012f-4297-be7f-87e79bfa41ca^[30]

Body

Origins and Family

Cal Newport's place of birth was United States^[2]. He was born on June 23, 1982^[3].

Education

Cal Newport's education included a stint at Dartmouth College^[13]. His doctoral advisor was Nancy Lynch^[14].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], and university teacher^[6]. Fields of work include informatics^[9], an academic major^[31], founded in 1957^[32]; computer science^[10], an academic discipline^[33]; and popular science literature^[11], a literary genre^[34]. Cal Newport was employed by Georgetown University^[12].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Deep Work^[15], a literary work^[35]; Digital Minimalism^[16], a literary work^[36]; and So Good They Can't Ignore You^[17], a literary work^[37].

Why It Matters

Cal Newport ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,084 views/month, #6,854 of 1,000,298).^[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

FAQs

Where was Cal Newport born?

Cal Newport was born in United States^[2].

What did Cal Newport do for work?

Cal Newport worked as computer scientist^[4], writer^[5], and university teacher^[6].

Where did Cal Newport go to school?

Cal Newport was educated at Dartmouth College^[13].