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Anthony Grafton

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Anthony Thomas Grafton (born May 21, 1950) 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 the Program in European Cultural Studies. He is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Balzan Prize. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Grafton is the 535th most popular historian (up from 542nd in 2019), the 12,545th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,976th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Anthony Grafton ranks 535 out of 561. Before him are Charles Oman, Richard Bauckham, Warren Treadgold, Vasily Struve, Andrei Lankov, and Edward Augustus Freeman. After him are Ellen Meiksins Wood, Iain Pears, Bernard Bailyn, James H. Billington, Jonathan Riley-Smith, and Elaine Pagels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Anthony Grafton ranks 657. Before him are Werner Peter, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Cristóbal Montoro, Laura Kelly, Alex Chilton, and Gary Hug. After him are Laura Restrepo, Lobilo Boba, Jerry Heidenreich, Jim Wynorski, João W. Nery, and Jon Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Grafton ranks 12,549 out of 20,380. Before him are Taylor Schilling (1984), Mona Freeman (1926), Chris Carmack (1980), Ruth Etting (1896), M. Shadows (1981), and Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872). After him are Janet Napolitano (1957), Kim Greist (1958), Eddie Johnson (1984), Wayne Sermon (1984), Ellen McLain (1952), and Will Forte (1970).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Anthony Grafton ranks 47. Before him are Richard Taruskin (1945), Christopher Lasch (1932), David Bordwell (1947), Carroll Quigley (1910), Richard Hofstadter (1916), and Francis Parkman (1823). After him are Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942), Bernard Bailyn (1922), James H. Billington (1929), Elaine Pagels (1943), Allan Lichtman (1947), and Stephen Kotkin (1959).

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