Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Noam Chomsky has received more than 12,976,194 page views. His biography is available in 130 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 126 in 2019). Noam Chomsky is the 2nd most popular linguist (down from 1st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from United States (down from 47th in 2019) and the most popular American Linguist.

Noam Chomsky is most famous for his work in linguistics and as a political activist. He is best known for his critique of U.S. foreign policy and the American media.