J. R. McNeill | |
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| Born | John Robert McNeill October 6, 1954 |
| Parent | William H. McNeill |
| Awards | Heineken Prize (2018) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College Duke University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Environmental history |
| Institutions | Georgetown University |
| Notable works | Something New Under the Sun (2000) |
John Robert McNeill (born October 6, 1954) is an American environmental historian, author, and professor at Georgetown University. He is best known for "pioneering the study of environmental history".[1] In 2000 he published Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World, which argues that human activity during the 20th century led to environmental changes on an unprecedented scale, primarily due to the energy system built around fossil fuels.