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Anthony Grafton

American historian of early modern Europe · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1950 · age 76

Anthony Thomas Grafton is an American historian of early modern Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, where he is also the director of the Program in European Cultural Studies. He is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Balzan Prize.

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2008Newberry Library AwardAward2006Honorary doctor of Leiden UniversityAward2002Balzan PrizeAward2000Helen & Howard R. Marraro PrizeAward1999Henry Allen Moe PrizeAward1950Born21 May 1950

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Newberry Library Award2008
Honorary doctor of Leiden University2006
Balzan Prize2002
Helen & Howard R. Marraro Prize2000
Henry Allen Moe Prize1999
Guggenheim Fellowship
Rome Prize
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

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From January 2011 to January 2012, he served as the President of the American Historical Association. From 2006 to 2020, Grafton was co-executive editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas.

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United States
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Writers
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Born 1950 · age 76