William Cronon | |
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 William Cronon, photographed in the Madison, Wisconsin Arboretum in 2007. | |
| Born | September 11, 1954 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Occupation | Historian |
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William Cronon (born September 11, 1954 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an environmental historian[1] and the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was president of the American Historical Association (AHA) in 2012.
- ^ Janny Scott (April 3, 1999). "An Environmentalist on a Different Path; A Fresh View of the Supposed 'Wilderness' and Even the Indians' Place in It". The New York Times. Retrieved July 23, 2009.