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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Mark Mazower

Born: February 20, 1958 (age 67)
Bio: Mark A. Mazower is a British historian. His expertise is Greece, the Balkans and, more generally, 20th century Europe. He is currently a professor of history at Columbia University in New York City.
Known for:
- Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century (1998)
- Hitler's empire (2008)
- Governing the World: The History of an Idea (2012)
- Salonica, city of ghosts (2004)
- The Balkans (2002)