Howard Zinn
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Howard Zinn (1922 - 2010)

Howard Zinn
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married Oct 1944 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 87 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Biography


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Howard was an American historian and social activist and was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including, A People's History of the United States.

Howard was born on 24 Aug 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Eddie Zinn and Jennie Rabinowitz. His father was born in Austria-Hungary and his mother was born in Irkutsk, Siberia. The 1940 census[1] lists Howard as living with his family in Brooklyn, Kings, New York where his father is a candy store salesman.

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Eddie ZinnHeadM47Austria
Jennie ZinnWifeF41Russia
Howard ZinnSonM18New York
Bernard ZinnSonM16New York
Jerome ZinnSonM13New York
Scymour ZinnSonM9New York

Howard Zinn enlisted in the US Army Air Corp for WWII. Howard earned his BA in 1951 at New York University. He earned his MA in 1952 and PhD in 1958 from Columbia University.

Zinn married Roslyn Shechter in 1944. They had a son Jeff and a daughter Myla. Myla is married to Jon Kabat-Zinn,[2] Professor of Medicine Emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The 1950 shows[3] Howard raising his family in New York City.

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
Howard ZinnHeadM27New York
Roslyn ZinnWifeF27New York
Myla ZinnDaughterF2New York
Jeff ZinnSonMDecNew York

Roslyn died in 2008. Howard Zinn passed away on 27 Jan 2010 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California. He is buried[4] at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts next to Roslyn.


Research Notes



Sources


  1. "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ9T-TGC : Tue Nov 28 18:29:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Eddie Zinn and Jennie Zinn, 1940.
  2. Jon Kabat-Zinn
  3. "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X53-6B2Q : Fri Oct 06 12:53:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Howard Zinn and Roslyn Zinn, 5 April 1950.
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47227346/howard-zinn: accessed March 5, 2024), memorial page for Howard Zinn (24 Aug 1922–27 Jan 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47227346, citing Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).


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