What was Christopher Hitchens's profession?
Q: What was Christopher Hitchens's profession?
A: Christopher Hitchens was an Anglo-American atheist, writer and debater.
Q: What magazines did he write for?
A: He wrote for various magazines including The Nation, Free Inquiry, Slate, and others.
Q: What philosophical movement did he support?
A: He was a supporter of the philosophical movement humanism.
Q: Where did he attend college?
A: Hitchens attended Balliol College at Oxford University.
Q: When did he learn his mother was Jewish?
A: In 1988, he learned from his grandmother that his mother was Jewish, but had kept her religion a secret.
Q: Did Hitchens adopt any religious faith after learning this information?
A: No, Hitchens remained an atheist and did not adopt any religious faith.
Q: How did Hitchens research his essays?
A: To write his essays, he braved gunfire in Sarajevo, he was jailed in Czechoslovakia, and in 2008, he was brutally beaten in Beirut Lebanon. In 2009, Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded.
