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Like the high whine of the dentist's drill, the low rumble of the footnote on the historian's page reassures.

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Anthony Grafton

Anthony Grafton

Born: May 21, 1950 (age 75)
Bio: Anthony Thomas Grafton is one of the foremost historians of early modern Europe and the current Henry Putnam University Professor at Princeton University. He is also a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a recipient of the Balzan Prize.
Known for:
  1. The Footnote: A Curious History (1997)
  2. Defenders of the text (1991)
  3. What was History? (2007)
  4. Forgers and critics (1990)

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