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Tara Westover

American historian and author
Person human Q50345244

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
September 27, 1986
Place of birth
Clifton
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
writer, historian
Field of work
history, literature[6][7]
Educated at
Trinity College, Brigham Young University, University of Cambridge[8][9][10]
Award received
National Humanities Medal[12]
Notable work
Educated[11]
Sibling
Tyler Westover[21]
Genre
memoir[14]
Official website
tarawestover.com[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Academic thesis
The family, morality and social science in Anglo-American cooperative thought, 1813-1890[18]
Family name
Westover[15]
Given name
Tara[16]
Name in native language
Tara Westover[20]
Social media followers
83k (58k–83k, n=4)[22][23][24][25]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
90150746894816300084
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
1162078219
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tara Westover receives the National Humanities Medal on March 21, 2023, in the East Room of the White House - P20230321ES-0780 (cropped).jpg ↗
CANTIC ID
981058613614506706
CBDB.cz author ID
163206
CoBiS author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
1162078219
Databazeknih.cz author ID
125527
FAST ID
1994829
Facebook username
TaraWestoverLit
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Goodreads author ID
16121977
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11hcjtkk4v
IdRef ID
234324090
IxTheo authority ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Humanities Medal winner ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007403907905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000267206
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811279562605606
Open Library ID
OL7421324A
Parsifal cluster ID
348557
Penguin Random House author ID
2144566
Podchaser creator ID
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SNK ID
171776
SVKKL authority ID
0402760-Westover-Tara-1986
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058613614506706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
tarawestover
Yale LUX ID
person/2373aeb1-016e-457b-8bb7-3ee1eee8f406

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Educated at 3
University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Brigham Young University
Field of work 2
history, literature
Occupation 2
writer, historian
Award received 1
National Humanities Medal
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
memoir
Given name 1
Tara
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
Educated
Place of birth 1
Clifton
Sex or gender 1
female
Works by author 1
Educated
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Summary

Tara Westover was born on September 27, 1986[1], in Clifton[2]. She has worked as a writer[3] and historian[4].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Tara Westover include Educated[26], a written work[27].

FAQs

Where was Tara Westover born?

Tara Westover was born in Clifton[2].

What did Tara Westover do for work?

Tara Westover worked as a writer[3] and historian[4].

Where did Tara Westover go to school?

Tara Westover was educated at Trinity College[8], Brigham Young University[9], and University of Cambridge[10].

What awards did Tara Westover receive?

Honors received include National Humanities Medal[12].

Related Entities

Trinity College United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . tarawestover.com. tarawestover.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Issuu. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . neh.gov. neh.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved . ethos.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Educated
    Given name → Tara
    Field of work → history, literature
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+70531'}, {'amount': '+58115'}, {'amount': '+81891'} +1
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