-
Avram Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 7th,1928. He has a younger brother, David. Chomsky's parents were both Russian Jewish immigrants.
-
Chomsky attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1945, he received his bachelor’s degree in linguistics in 1949, his master’s degree in 1951, and a doctorate in 1955.
-
Chomsky married Carol Schatz, an educational specialist who he had known since childhood. They had three children together and were married for 59 years until she passed away from cancer.
-
Chomsky was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows. He also completed his doctoral dissertation entitled, “Transformational Analysis.”
Viewpoints from the dissertation echo in one of his book's Syntactic Structure. -
Chomsky joined the staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was became a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics.
-
Chomsky published his linguistic theory "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" in 1965. His theory was all humans are born with an innate knowledge of grammar.
-
Chomsky co-wrote a book called "Manufacturing Consent" with Edward Herman, an American economist. In the book, Chomsky describes the five media filters: ownership, advertising, the media elite, flak, and the common enemy. It served the thought that the media will only tell the people "propaganda" to keep those in power, right where they are.
-
Chen, Fiona. “Reflecting on Noam Chomsky’s 66 Years at MIT.” The Tech, 29 Sept. 2017, thetech.com/2017/09/29/chomsky-reminiscing. Biography.com Editors. “Noam Chomsky.” Biography, 26 Nov. 2019, www.biography.com/scholar/noam-chomsky. “Noam Chomsky.” Biography, Facts and Pictures, www.famousscientists.org/noam-chomsky. Accessed 6 Sept. 2020. Triantafyllou, Vaios. “Interview with Noam Chomsky.” Penn Political Review, 31 Jan. 2017, pennpoliticalreview.org/2017/01/interview-noam-chomsky.
