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William Zinsser

American writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, and professor
Person human Q8020709

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
October 7, 1922
Date of death
May 12, 2015
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Manhattan
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
journalist, literary critic, university teacher
Employer
Yale University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism[11][12]
Field of work
journalism, narrative mode[9][10]
Educated at
Deerfield Academy, Buckley Country Day School[13][14]
Official website
www.williamzinsserwriter.com[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Family name
Zinsser[16]
Given name
William[17]
Name in native language
William Zinsser[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Knowlton Zinsser en William Zinsser cs William K. Zinsser de William Knowlton Zinsser es William Knowlton Zinsser fa ویلیام زینسر ko 윌리엄 진서 ru Зинсер, Уильям ru Уильям Зинсер uk Вільям Зінссер zh 威廉·津瑟
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000115619541
VIAF cluster ID
22170616
Library of Congress authority ID
n80090129
GND ID
123162416
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12097777h
DDB person (GND) ID
123162416
FAST ID
57811
Film.ru person ID
william-zinsser
Freebase ID
/m/09fvsd
Goodreads author ID
7881675
IMDb ID
nm5010744
IdRef ID
029327695
Show all 32 identifiers +20
IxTheo authority ID
082384134
KBR person ID
14600064
NL CR AUT ID
jcu2015874452
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-ar10108331
NUKAT ID
n96210039
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000429838
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274795905171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199630973
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810674856405606
National Virtual Library of India ID
101872
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072959673
Open Library ID
OL1015362A, OL10821091A
Parsifal cluster ID
251359
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
86110
Prabook ID
354840
SBN author ID
BVEV006346
SNAC ARK ID
w63g7nnm
WikiTree person ID
Zinsser-21
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvMyJ3FCcGPGwKWGMqG73
Yale LUX ID
person/cba092f1-209e-4f82-9e22-0e607c6e09a4

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Occupation 3
journalist, university teacher, literary critic
Employer 2
Yale University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Field of work 2
journalism, narrative mode
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Deerfield Academy
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
Manhattan
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Zinsser was born on October 7, 1922[1], in New York City[2]. He died on May 12, 2015[3], in Manhattan[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], literary critic[6], and university teacher[7].

FAQs

Where was William Zinsser born?

William Zinsser's place of birth was New York City[2].

Where did William Zinsser die?

William Zinsser died in Manhattan[4].

What did William Zinsser do for work?

William Zinsser worked as a journalist[5], literary critic[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did William Zinsser go to school?

William Zinsser was educated at Deerfield Academy[13] and Buckley Country Day School[14].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'ru', 'simple', 'uk']
    NLB authority ID (Belarus) → SEK-ar10108331
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 25w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Occupation → journalist, literary critic, university teacher
    Field of work → —
    Educated at → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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