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Caroline Bynum

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1941 · age 85

Caroline Walker Bynum, FBA is a medieval scholar from the United States. She is a University Professor emerita at Columbia University and Professor emerita of Western Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. She was the first woman to be appointed University Professor at Columbia.

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2015Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of JerusalemAward2012Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward2011Haskins MedalAward2008Rome PrizeAward2005Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2002Berlin PrizeAward2001Harvard Centennial MedalAward1999Jefferson LectureAward1995Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardAward1989Fellow of the Medieval Academy of AmericaAward1986MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1941Born10 May 1941

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem2015
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order2012
Haskins Medal2011
Rome Prize2008
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University2005
Berlin Prize2002
Harvard Centennial Medal2001
Jefferson Lecture1999
Ralph Waldo Emerson Award1995
Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America1989
MacArthur Fellows Program1986

About this person

She is former Dean of Columbia's School of General Studies, served as president of the American Historical Association in 1996. She was President of the Medieval Academy of America in 1997-1998.

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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Living
Dates
Born 1941 · age 85