Ann M. Blair

Ann M. Blair
Born1961
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University;
University of Cambridge;
Princeton University.
Scientific career
FieldsHistorian
InstitutionsHarvard University
Thesis Restaging Jean Bodin: the Universae Naturae Theatrum (1596) in its cultural context  (1990)
Doctoral advisorAnthony Grafton

Ann M. Blair (born 1961) is an American historian, and the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University.[1] She specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern Europe (16th-17th centuries), with an emphasis on France. Her interests include the history of the book and of reading, the history of the disciplines and of scholarship, and the history of interactions between science and religion. She is most widely known for being the author of the bestselling book Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age (2010).[2] Blair was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2009.[3]

  1. ^ "Harvard University History Department - Faculty: Ann Blair". Archived from the original on 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. ^ Dirda, Michael (12 January 2011). "Review of Ann Blair's 'Too Much to Know,' the evolution of reference works". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.