Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff was an American historian, writer, record producer and composer (1925–2017). He was born at Boston and died at New York City.
Also recorded as Nat; Nathan Irving Hentoff; Nathan Hentoff.
Nat Hentoff in brief
- Born
- 1925
- Died
- 2017
- Known for
- historian, writer, record producer, composer, journalist and columnist
- Place of birth
- Boston
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Nat, Nathan Irving Hentoff and Nathan Hentoff. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was atheism.
Career and activity
Nat Hentoff worked in jazz and music criticism.
He was employed by The Washington Times, WMEX, Down Beat, Candid Records and The Village Voice.
Catalogued works
3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.
Our Children Are Dying. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Medicine, ethics, and the Third Reich : historical and contemporary issues / edited by John J. Michalczyk., dated [1994], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Hentoff, Nat(han Irving), Oxford Music Online, 2001. Hentoff, Nat(han Irving), Oxford Music Online, 2003. Hentoff, Nat, Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, 2009. Hentoff, Nat (10 June 1925–7 January 2017), writer and social critic, American National Biography Online, 2021. Nat(han) Hentoff, Advocacy Journalists, 2009.
Digitised editions and texts
11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
The London Novels of Colin Macinnes (1969) — Internet Archive. Henry David Thoreau : Walden and other Writings (1970) — Internet Archive. A Doctor Among the Addicts (1968) — Internet Archive. Herny David Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings (1970) — Internet Archive. Im Really Dragged But Nothing Gets Me Down (1968) — Internet Archive. hear me talkin to ya (1962) — Internet Archive. BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM AND JEWISH RACISM (1969) — Internet Archive. Listen to the stories (1995) — Internet Archive. At the jazz band ball (2010) — Internet Archive. Our Children are Dying/The Headmaster (1966) — Internet Archive. JAZZ (1965) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Nat Hentoff studied at Northeastern University, Harvard University and University of Paris. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is jazz and music criticism. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz.
Employment is recorded with The Washington Times, WMEX and Down Beat.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, NEA Jazz Masters and Fulbright Scholarship.
Chronology
- 1925Nat Hentoff born at Boston.
- 1962hear me talkin to ya digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968A Doctor Among the Addicts digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968Im Really Dragged But Nothing Gets Me Down digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1969The London Novels of Colin Macinnes digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1970Henry David Thoreau : Walden and other Writings digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1970Herny David Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1994Medicine, ethics, and the Third Reich : historical and contemporary issues / edited by John J. Michalczyk. (Wellcome Collection).
- 2017Nat Hentoff died at New York City.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Nat Hentoff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1371409: Nat Hentoff
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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