Anthony Grafton | |
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Grafton lecturing at the Gotha Research Center in 2010 | |
Born | Anthony Thomas Grafton May 21, 1950 New Haven, Connecticut, US |
Spouse |
Louise Erlich (m. 1972) |
Awards | Balzan Prize (2002) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | |
Institutions | |
Doctoral students | |
Main interests | History of books |
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.[2][3] 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.[4] From 2006 to 2020, Grafton was co-executive editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas.