Carl Zimmer

American science writer and blogger (1966-)

Person human Q369116

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: July 13, 1966
Place of birth: New Haven
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: author, journalist, writer, researcher, science journalist
Employer: Yale University^[11]
Field of work: parasitology^[10]
Educated at: Yale University
Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship^[12]
Father: Richard Zimmer^[8]
Sibling: Ben Zimmer^[18]
Official website: www.carlzimmer.com^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Family name: Zimmer^[14]
Given name: Carl^[15]
Has written for: The New York Times^[19]
Social media followers: 11k (10k–300k, n=9)^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
Writing language: English^[20]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 59

ISNI: 0000000109387430
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5402-7714
VIAF cluster ID: 116895897
Library of Congress authority ID: n97079866
GND ID: 132156067
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Carl Zimmer, October 16, 2007.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 90281702
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13593245j
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 1009489
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12138667
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266733486720
DBC author ID: 87097969110592

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DDB person (GND) ID: 132156067
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 13628
ELNET ID: a12129288
FAST ID: 1952461
Facebook username: carlzimmerauthor
Freebase ID: /m/07s3rq
Goodreads author ID: 12815
Guggenheim fellows ID: carl-zimmer
IdRef ID: 050688073
KBR person ID: 13943469
Libraries Australia ID: 36590767
LibraryThing author ID: zimmercarl
Mastodon address: Carl_Zimmer@mastodon.social
Medvik ID: jn20000605725
Muck Rack journalist ID: carlzimmer
MusicBrainz artist ID: 6e421477-6982-4fa6-bf4a-2c0a5e3bc1aa
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12513148
NDL Authority ID: 00798052
NL CR AUT ID: jn20000605725
NLA Trove people ID: 1309331
NUKAT ID: n2004096170
National Library of Brazil ID: 000593069
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001303342
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007447330705171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200409343
National Library of Latvia ID: 000237549
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:BLUP;=BP
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810548806205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 181063816
New York Times contributor ID: carl-zimmer
Notable Names Database ID: 549/000355481
Obálky knih ID: jn20000605725
Open Library ID: OL394581A
Parsifal cluster ID: 344681
Penguin Random House author ID: 71326
Pinterest username: carlzimmer
Podchaser creator ID: 107Zzr4u6C
Prabook ID: 2487160
RERO ID (legacy): A006489206
SBN author ID: CFIV286590
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 88637
SVKKL authority ID: 0220016-Zimmer-Carl-1966
Scopus author ID: 7102861216
Wellcome Collection concept ID: ey9m9zsm
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwMHptPQc4wHqTRbdhvHC
X (Twitter) username: carlzimmer
Yale LUX ID: person/c0893a5e-137a-4195-8a0c-f0c1cd38f746

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

writer, journalist, author, researcher

Award received 1

Guggenheim Fellowship

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Yale University

Employer 1

Yale University

Family name 1

Zimmer

Father 1

Richard Zimmer

Field of work 1

parasitology

Given name 1

Carl

Has written for 1

The New York Times

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Parent of 1

Richard Zimmer

Place of birth 1

New Haven

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

Ben Zimmer

Siblings 1

Ben Zimmer

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Carl Zimmer was born on July 13, 1966^[1], in New Haven^[2]. He has worked as an author^[3], journalist^[4], writer^[5], researcher^[6], and science journalist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Carl Zimmer born?

Carl Zimmer's place of birth was New Haven^[2].

Who were Carl Zimmer's parents?

Carl Zimmer's father was Richard Zimmer^[8].

What did Carl Zimmer do for work?

Carl Zimmer worked as an author^[3], journalist^[4], writer^[5], researcher^[6], and science journalist^[7].

What awards did Carl Zimmer receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship^[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Carl Zimmer — place of birth (P19): New Haven. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Carl Zimmer — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Carl Zimmer — father (P22): Richard Zimmer. Retrieved 2022-06-17. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Carl Zimmer — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Carl Zimmer — field of work (P101): parasitology. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Carl Zimmer — occupation (P106): author. Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Carl Zimmer — occupation (P106): journalist. Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Carl Zimmer — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Carl Zimmer — occupation (P106): researcher. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Carl Zimmer — occupation (P106): science journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Carl Zimmer — employer (P108): Yale University. Retrieved 2020-05-27. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Carl Zimmer — award received (P166): Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Carl Zimmer — date of birth (P569): July 13, 1966. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Carl Zimmer — family name (P734): Zimmer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Carl Zimmer — given name (P735): Carl. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Carl Zimmer — official website (P856): http://www.carlzimmer.com/. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Carl Zimmer — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Carl Zimmer — sibling (P3373): Ben Zimmer. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Carl Zimmer — has written for (P6872): The New York Times. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Carl Zimmer — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 297,489. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 278,676. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 300,410. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 299,213. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 300,406. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 293,342. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 10,340. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 10,461. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Carl Zimmer — social media followers (P8687): 10,502. wikidata.org.

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11w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Penguin Random House author ID → 71326

SVKKL authority ID → 0220016-Zimmer-Carl-1966

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Carl

Field of work → parasitology

Instance of → human

Sex or gender → male

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