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Born 10 May 1939
Also known as Robert F. Darnton, R. F. Darnton
Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France.
He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016.
Source: Robert Darnton on Wikipedia.
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Imo the greatest issue surrounding modern socio-political discourse is our extreme presentism. We assume the way we think & act now -- literally at this exact moment -- is the way everyone everywhere throughout all of history has thought and acted, and not co…
