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Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, journalist, and educator. Author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics and literature, he was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. … See more
Early life and education
Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the elder of two boys; his brother, Peter, became a socially conservative journalist. Their parents, Commander Eric … See moreHitchens was an antitheist, and said that a person "could be an atheist and wish that belief in God were correct", but that "an antitheist, a term I'm … See more
On 8 June 2010, Hitchens was on tour in New York promoting his memoirs Hitch-22 when he was taken into emergency care suffering from a severe See more
Hitchens wrote book-length biographical essays on Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson: Author of America), Thomas Paine (Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography See more
Hitchens was raised nominally Christian and attended Christian boarding schools, but from an early age he declined to participate in … See more
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WEB16 Dec 2011 · For most of his career, Christopher Hitchens, who has died of oesophageal cancer aged 62, was the left's biggest journalistic …
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Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer - BBC
WEB16 Dec 2011 · British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at …
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Obituary: Christopher Hitchens - BBC News
WEB16 Dec 2011 · A look at the life and career of author, commentator and polemicist Christopher Hitchens, who has died aged 62.
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Christopher Hitchens | Biography, Books, God Is Not …
WEB3 May 2024 · Christopher Hitchens, British American author, critic, and bon vivant whose trenchant polemics on politics and religion positioned him at the forefront of public intellectual life in the late 20th and early …
Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 - The New York Times
WEB16 Dec 2011 · Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother...
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WEB16 Dec 2011 · Christopher Hitchens, who died on Thursday at sixty-two, was one of the most prolific essayists and authors of his time, writing regularly for Vanity Fair, The …
Christopher Hitchens, writer and polemicist, dies – Channel 4 News
WEB16 Dec 2011 · A tribute to the British-born US journalist and author who died in 2011 after a battle with oesophageal cancer. He was known for his wit, his activism, his atheism and …
Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62 | AP News
WEBNEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physical battle on behalf of causes left and right and wrote the …
Christopher Hitchens on life, death and lobster - BBC News
WEB16 Dec 2011 · Christopher Hitchens - essayist, drinker, smoker, atheist and freedom of speech campaigner - has died. Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011. He led a picaresque, …
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