Stephen Birmingham

Stephen Birmingham
Birmingham in 1984
Born
Stephen Gardner Birmingham

(1929-05-28)May 28, 1929
DiedNovember 15, 2015(2015-11-15) (aged 86)
Manhattan, New York
Alma materWilliams College
OccupationAuthor
Notable workOur Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York
Spouse
Janet Tillson
(m. 1953; div. 1974)
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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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