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Ruth Barcan Marcus

American philosopher (1921-2012)
Person Human Q437943

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[25]
Date of birth
August 2, 1921
Date of death
February 19, 2012
Place of birth
The Bronx
Place of death
New Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
philosopher, writer, logician
Employer
Yale University, University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern University[9][10][11]
Educated at
Yale University, New York University[12][13]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Wilbur Cross Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Philip L. Quinn Prize, Lauener Prize, Carus Lectures[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Notable work
Barcan formula, necessity of identity[15][16]
Doctoral advisor
Frederic Brenton Fitch[14]
Doctoral student
Nicholas Asher, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong[26][27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Family name
Barcan, Marcus[28][29]
Given name
Ruth[30]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[33]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society[23][24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[32]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000117701821
VIAF cluster ID
73879373
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81050604
GND ID
11928443X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ruth Barcan Marcus.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90063777
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12086919f
CANTIC ID
981058515716506706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11008240
CiNii Research ID
1140282266696056704
DDB person (GND) ID
11928443X
DUC ID
ruth-barcan-marcus
Show all 45 identifiers +33
Encyclopedia of Jewish Women ID
marcus-ruth
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ruth-Charlotte-Barcan-Marcus
FAST ID
72297
Freebase ID
/m/020b1b
Guggenheim fellows ID
ruth-barcan-marcus
IdRef ID
029191149
InPhO ID
thinker/3525
IxTheo authority ID
695932128
J9U entity ID
987007275530305171
KBR person ID
14778576
Libraries Australia ID
61543489
MR Author ID
236790
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
82835
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00307615
NLP ID
a0000001146958
NUKAT ID
n2006115832
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000436406
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810685470405606
National Virtual Library of India ID
133584, 187147
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068838166
Open Library ID
OL774633A
Parsifal cluster ID
202464
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
50205
Prabook ID
1308071
RERO ID (legacy)
A003560731
SBN author ID
MILV013039, MILV112574
SHARE Catalogue author ID
44348
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
ruth-barcan-marcus
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058515716506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1286073
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvtcfYfPXBHcQJMfG4yVC
Yale LUX ID
person/3175515f-f297-4218-9709-38e25f2580af
ZbMATH author ID
marcus.ruth-barcan

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🔗 Connections
Award received 5
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wilbur Cross Medal, Lauener Prize, Carus Lectures
Employer 3
Yale University, Northwestern University, University of Illinois Chicago
Occupation 3
writer, philosopher, logician
Educated at 2
Yale University, New York University
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral student 1
Nicholas Asher
Doctoral students 1
Nicholas Asher
Given name 1
Ruth
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
The Bronx
Place of death 1
New Haven
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Ruth Barcan Marcus was born on August 2, 1921[1], in The Bronx[2]. She died on February 19, 2012[3], in New Haven[4]. She worked as a philosopher[5], writer[6], and logician[7].

Why It Matters

Ruth Barcan Marcus's notable doctoral advisees include Nicholas Asher[34], a computer scientist[35], b. 1954[36], awarded the CNRS silver medal[37].

FAQs

Where was Ruth Barcan Marcus born?

Ruth Barcan Marcus's place of birth was The Bronx[2].

Where did Ruth Barcan Marcus die?

Ruth Barcan Marcus passed away in New Haven[4].

What did Ruth Barcan Marcus do for work?

Ruth Barcan Marcus worked as a philosopher[5], writer[6], and logician[7].

Where did Ruth Barcan Marcus go to school?

Ruth Barcan Marcus was educated at Yale University[12] and New York University[13].

What awards did Ruth Barcan Marcus receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[17], Wilbur Cross Medal[18], Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[19], and Philip L. Quinn Prize[20].

Related Entities

Nicholas Asher Northwestern University United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [12] ↑ . news.yale.edu. Retrieved . news.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [17] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . alumni.yale.edu. Retrieved . alumni.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . apaonline.org. apaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . lauener-foundation.ch. lauener-foundation.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . apaonline.org. apaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . leiterreports.typepad.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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