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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
Journalist
Public intellectual
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gptkbp:alumni
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gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Richard_Dawkins_Award
gptkb:The_PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel_Award_for_the_Art_of_the_Essay
gptkb:The_George_Orwell_Award
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gptkbp:born
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April 13, 1949
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:causedBy
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Esophageal cancer
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Antonia_Hitchens
gptkb:Alexander_Hitchens
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gptkbp:controversy
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gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:Christopher_Buckley
gptkb:William_Lane_Craig
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gptkbp:died
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December 15, 2011
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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“What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”
“Religion poisons everything.”
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
“The only time I’m not an atheist is when I’m in a room full of believers.”
“I don't believe in morality. I believe in the law.”
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Christopher Hitchens
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:George_Orwell
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gptkbp:is_known_for
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Political commentary
Atheism advocacy
Criticism of religion
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
British
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gptkbp:notableWork
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God Is Not Great
Hitch-22
Letters to a Young Contrarian
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gptkbp:occupation
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Critic
Essayist
Speaker
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Carol_Blue
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gptkbp:website
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http://www.hitchens.com
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