Birmingham, Stephen

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Name (Hebrew)
בירמינגהם, סטפן
Name (Latin)
Birmingham, Stephen
Date of birth
1930-05-28
Date of death
2015-11-15
Place of birth
Andover (Conn.)
Place of death
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activity
Upper class--United States
Occupation
Novelists Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Stephen Gardner
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 4948001
Wikidata: Q7608720
Library of congress: n 79060641
Sources of Information
  • הדגולים:‏ ראשוני היהודים הספרדים בארה"ב, 1974 :עמוד השער (מאת סטפן בירמינגהם)
  • His Young Mr. Keefe, 1958.
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-27(b. 1930)
  • New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 19, 2015(in obituary published Nov. 18: Stephen Birmingham; b. Stephen Gardner Birmingham, May 28, 1929, Andover, Conn.; d. Sunday [Nov. 15, 2015], Manhattan, aged 86; prolific novelist, purveyor of popular sociology, and raconteur of the rich and famous in best-selling books like Our crowd : the great Jewish families of New York and The right people : a portrait of the American social establishment)
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Wikipedia description:

Stephen Gardner Birmingham (May 28, 1929 – November 15, 2015) was an American author known for his social histories of wealthy American families, often focusing on ethnicity — Jews (his "Jewish trilogy": Our Crowd, The Grandees, The Rest of Us), African-Americans (Certain People), Irish (Real Lace), and the Anglo-Dutch (America's Secret Aristocracy). He also wrote several novels, also about wealthy people.

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