Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joseph Campbell |
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Birthdate | March 26, 1904 |
Birth Place | White Plains, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aries |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Joseph Campbell is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on March 26, 1904 in White Plains, NY. Currently, Joseph Campbell is 120 years, 8 months and 28 days old. Joseph Campbell will celebrate 121st birthday on Wednesday, 26th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Joseph Campbell upcoming birthday.
A prolific author and philosopher, he examined the evolution and function of mythology in human society. His works of comparative mythology and comparative religion include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, The Masks of God, and A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake.
Fascinated by mythology from his childhood days, he found similarities between Native American religious beliefs and the tenets of Roman Catholicism. He studied English and Medieval literature at Columbia University and later secured a teaching position at Sarah Lawrence College.
He published a comprehensive, four-volume survey of world mythology called the Historical Atlas of World Mythology.
He was born in White Plains, New York, to an Irish Catholic family. He was married to dancer and choreographer Jean Erdman Campbell.
He famously collaborated with journalist Bill Moyers on the PBS miniseries, The Power of Myth. The miniseries aired one year after Campbell's death and earned him a large degree of posthumous fame.
Joseph Campbell is 120 years old today.
Joseph Campbell was born on March 26, 1904 in White Plains, NY.
Joseph Campbell zodiac sign is Aries.
Joseph Campbell was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Joseph Campbell's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1958 | The United States Army launches Explorer 3. |
1958 | The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris. |
1967 | Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City. |
1970 | South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy. |
1971 | East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. |
1975 | The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. |
1979 | Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in Washington, D.C. |
1981 | Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party. |
1982 | A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. |
1991 | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market. |
1997 | Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. |
1998 | During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives. |
2005 | Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China. |
2010 | The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed, killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea. |
2017 | Russia-wide anti-corruption protests in 99 cities. The Levada Center survey showed that 38% of surveyed Russians supported protests and that 67 percent held Putin personally responsible for high-level corruption. |
1990 | The birth of Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer |
1990 | The birth of Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016) |
1990 | The birth of Yuya Takaki, Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor |
1990 | The birth of Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor |
1991 | The birth of Matt Davidson, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Nina Agdal, Danish model |
1992 | The birth of Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver |
1994 | The birth of Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Jed Wallace, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Marcela ZacarÃas, Mexican tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress |
1998 | The birth of Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater |
2003 | The birth of Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality |
2004 | The birth of Awra Briguela, Filipino actor and comedian |
2012 | The death of David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924) |
2012 | The death of Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937) |
2012 | The death of Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917) |
2013 | The death of Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945) |
2013 | The death of Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964) |
2014 | The death of Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937) |
2018 | The death of Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958) |
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Website | Joseph Campbell's Webiste |
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