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academics who wrote autobiography
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John McPhee (born 1931)
academic
- Princeton University, University of Cambridge
Jean-Luc Nancy (1940-2021)
philosopher
- University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, Marc Bloch University
Alain Badiou (born 1937)
philosopher, playwright, editor, sociologist, mathematician, scientist
- École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Niall Ferguson (born 1964)
economic historian, historian, economist, journalist
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Jill Lepore (born 1966)
historian, journalist, essayist, academic
- University of Michigan, Yale University
Amos Oz (1939-2018)
linguist, journalist, translator, essayist, pedagogue, poet
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Gymnasia Rehavia
Paul Preston (born 1946)
historian, professor, biographer, Hispanist
- St Edward's College, Oriel College
Roxane Gay (born 1974)
essayist, journalist, editing staff, literary critic
- Michigan Technological University, Phillips Exeter Academy