John M. Barry

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John M. Barry
Barry in 2023
Born	(1947-04-12) April 12, 1947 (age 77) Providence, Rhode Island
Education	Brown University University of Rochester

John M. Barry (born April 12, 1947)^[1] is an American author and historian who has written books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty. He is a professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Distinguished Scholar at Tulane's Bywater Institute.