Noam
Avram Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on
December 7, 1928. He received his early education at Oak
Lane Country Day School and Central High School, Philadelphia.
He continued his education at the University of Pennsylvania
where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy.
In 1955, he received his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania,
however, most of the research leading to this degree was
done at Harvard between 1951 and 1955. Since receiving his
Ph. D., Chomsky has taught at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where he now holds the Ferrari P. Ward Chair
of Modern Language and Linguistics. Noam was married to
Carol Schatz on December 24, 1949 and has two children.
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