Occupation: Scholar

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Occupation: Scholar

LISTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Bruce Ackerman Scholar 19-Aug-1943 We the People

al-Razi Doctor c. 865 AD 27-Oct-925 AD Persian alchemist, discovered sulfuric acid

Leon Battista Alberti Architect 14-Feb-1404 25-Apr-1472 Ten Books on Architecture

Graham T. Allison Scholar 23-Mar-1940 Kennedy School of Government

Rasmus B. Anderson Scholar 12-Jan-1846 2-Mar-1936 America Not Discovered by Columbus

Aelius Aristides Scholar 117 AD 189 AD Greco-Roman rhetorician, sophist

Roger Ascham Scholar 1515 30-Dec-1568 The Scholemaster

Benjamin Barber Scholar 2-Aug-1939 Jihad vs. McWorld

A. Doak Barnett Scholar 8-Oct-1921 17-Mar-1999 China on the Eve of Communist Takeover

Andrés Bello Poet 29-Nov-1781 15-Oct-1865 South American intellectual, poet

Mary Frances Berry Government 17-Feb-1938 Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004

Alexander Bickel Scholar 17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch

Harold Bloom Critic 11-Jul-1930 Literary critic, Yale professor

Thomas Bodley Scholar 2-Mar-1545 28-Jan-1613 Bodleian Library

Sissela Bok Scholar 2-Dec-1934 Ethicist

Jorge Luis Borges Author 24-Aug-1899 14-Jun-1986 The Garden of Forking Paths

Walter Dean Burnham Scholar 1930 Democracy in the Making

Judith Butler Scholar 24-Feb-1956 Gender Trouble

Samuel Butler Scholar 30-Jan-1774 4-Dec-1839 Headmaster of Shrewsbury School

William Camden Scholar 2-May-1551 9-Nov-1623 Britannia

Isaac Casaubon Scholar 18-Feb-1559 1-Jul-1614 Leading classical scholar

Mary Ellen Chase Scholar 24-Feb-1887 28-Jul-1973 Silas Crockett

Erwin Chemerinsky Scholar 14-May-1953 Legal Scholar

Ariel Cohen Scholar c. 1964 Expert on International Relations

Stephen P. Cohen Scholar c. 1946 Foreign policy analyst

Robert Cotton Scholar 22-Jan-1571 6-May-1631 Cottonian Library

James Crichton Scholar c. 1560 Jul-1582 The Admirable Crichton

André Dacier Scholar 6-Apr-1651 18-Sep-1722 French classical scholar

Jean Daurat Poet 1508 1-Nov-1588 French Pléiade poet

Richard Dawes Scholar 1708 21-Mar-1766 Miscellanea Critica

Dionysius Thrax Scholar 170 BC 90 BC Authored first Greek grammar

John Duns Scotus Religion c. 1265 8-Nov-1308 14th century Scottish scholar

Michael Eric Dyson Scholar 23-Oct-1958 Know What I Mean?

Umberto Eco Author 5-Jan-1932 Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose

John Hart Ely Scholar 3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust

Sir Thomas Elyot Scholar c. 1490 26-Mar-1546 Boke named the Governour

Richard Epstein Scholar 17-Apr-1943 Takings

Erasmus Scholar 27-Oct-1469 12-Jul-1536 In Praise of Folly

Eratosthenes Mathematician 276 BC 194 BC First to measure the Earth

Ralph Estes Scholar c. 1936 Tyranny of the Bottom Line

Robert Faurisson Scholar 25-Jan-1929 French Holocaust denier

Cornelius Felton Scholar 6-Nov-1807 26-Feb-1862 Classical scholar of Greek

Francesco Filelfo Scholar 1398 1481 Italian humanist

Stanley Fish Scholar 19-Apr-1938 Deconstructionist literary critic

Dudley Fitts Scholar 28-Apr-1903 10-Jul-1968 Translator of Greek literature

Michel Foucault Philosopher 15-Oct-1926 26-Jun-1984 History of Sexuality

Thomas Gaisford Scholar 22-Dec-1779 2-Jun-1855 English classical scholar

Gaius Scholar fl. 2nd c. AD fl. 2nd c. AD Roman jurist, Institutes

James K. Galbraith Scholar c. 1952 Economics Professor at UT-Austin

Alberico Gentili Scholar 14-Jan-1552 19-Jun-1608 Scholar of international law

Hugo Grotius Scholar 10-Apr-1583 28-Aug-1645 De Jure Belli ac Pacis

David M. Halperin Scholar 2-Apr-1952 One Hundred Years of Homosexuality

Jean Hardouin Scholar 22-Dec-1646 3-Sep-1729 Confused Jesuit scholar

Mildred Fish Harnack Spy 16-Sep-1902 16-Feb-1943 Guillotined by the Gestapo

Steven Hayward Scholar c. 1958 Conservative environmentalism pundit

Carolyn Heilbrun Novelist 13-Jan-1926 9-Oct-2003 Amanda Cross, mystery novelist

Luc Holste Scholar 27-Sep-1596 2-Feb-1661 German humanist and librarian

François Hotman Scholar 23-Aug-1524 12-Feb-1590 Franco-Gallia

Wilhelm von Humboldt Scholar 22-Jun-1767 8-Apr-1835 Diplomat turned philologist

Frederick S. Humphries Business c. 1935 Former President, Florida A&M University

Ulrich von Hutten Poet 21-Apr-1488 29-Aug-1523 Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum

M. R. James Author 1-Aug-1862 12-Jun-1936 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Scholar 1946 Annenberg Public Policy Center

Leonard Jeffries Scholar 19-Jan-1937 Controversial blackademic

Benjamin Jowett Scholar 15-Apr-1817 1-Oct-1893 Translator of Plato, etc.

Frederick Kagan Scholar c. 1969 Neocon military historian, now at AEI

Herman Kahn Scholar 15-Feb-1922 7-Jul-1983 Hudson Institute founder

Pamela S. Karlan Scholar c. 1958 Constitutional and legal scholar

Nan Keohane Scholar 18-Sep-1940 Political scientist

Charles R. Kesler Scholar c. 1956 Conservative scholar

Majid Khadduri Scholar 1908 25-Jan-2007 Middle East scholar

William R. Kintner Scholar 21-Apr-1915 1-Feb-1997 Peace and the Strategy Conflict

Douglas W. Kmiec Scholar 24-Sep-1951 Constitutional scholar

Evan Kohlmann Scholar ? Founder, Globalterroralert.com

Gerald A. Larue Scholar ? The Way of Positive Humanism

Walter Leaf Scholar 28-Nov-1852 8-Mar-1927 Classicist, translated Iliad

Anne Lefèvre Scholar 1654 17-Aug-1720 Translator of Homer into French

Giacomo Leopardi Poet 29-Jun-1798 14-Jun-1837 Despairing Italian classical poet

Bernard Lewis Scholar 31-May-1916 Middle East scholar

C. S. Lewis Novelist 29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia

S. Robert Lichter Scholar ? Center for Media and Public Affairs

Leonard P. Liggio Scholar 5-Jul-1933 Libertarian

Justus Lipsius Scholar 18-Oct-1547 23-Mar-1606 Belgian scholar and author

Bj�rn Lomborg Scholar 6-Jan-1965 The Skeptical Environmentalist

Edward Luck Scholar ? International Affairs professor at Columbia

William D. Lutz Scholar ? Doublespeak

Rachel Maines Scholar 8-Jul-1950 The Technology of Orgasm

Edmond Malone Scholar 4-Oct-1741 25-Apr-1812 Irish Shakespearian scholar

Charles E. Merriam Scholar 15-Nov-1874 8-Jan-1953 American Political Ideas

Ralph Miliband Scholar 7-Jan-1924 21-May-1994 Parliamentary Socialism

W. C. Minor Scholar Jun-1834 26-Mar-1920 Prolific OED contributor

Paul Elmer More Scholar 12-Dec-1864 9-Mar-1937 Shelburne Essays

Jonathan D. Moreno Scholar 11-Jun-1952 Undue Risk

Konrad Mutian Scholar 15-Oct-1471 30-Mar-1526 German pre-Reformation humanist

Niccolò Niccoli Scholar 1363 3-Feb-1437 Italian humanist

Mark Noll Historian 1946 Christian historian

Charles Eliot Norton Scholar 16-Nov-1827 21-Oct-1908 American man of letters

Michael O'Hanlon Scholar c. 1958 Brookings Institution

Michel Oksenberg Scholar 12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist

J. I. Packer Religion 22-Jul-1926 Biblical scholar

Eboo Patel Activist ? Interfaith Youth Core

Perizonius Scholar 26-Oct-1651 6-Apr-1715 Animadversiones Historicae

Petrarch Scholar 20-Jul-1304 19-Jul-1374 Father of Humanism

Leo Pfeffer Scholar 25-Dec-1910 4-Jun-1993 Religious liberty scholar, attorney

Michael Pinto-Duschinsky Scholar c. 1940 Political scientist

John Playfair Mathematician 10-Mar-1748 20-Jul-1819 Huttonian Theory of the Earth

Politian Scholar 14-Jul-1454 28-Sep-1494 Humanist under Lorenzo de Medici

Kenneth Pollack Scholar 1966 Brookings Institution

Michael Porter Scholar 1947 Competitive Strategy

Adam Posen Scholar ? Institute for International Economics

Richard Posner Judge 11-Jan-1939 Justice, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Susan Kaufman Purcell Scholar c. 1941 Center for Hemispheric Study

Lucian W. Pye Scholar 21-Oct-1921 5-Sep-2008 Sinologist

Kathleen Raine Poet 14-Jun-1908 6-Jul-2003 Cambridge poet, scholar of Blake

Edwin O. Reischauer Diplomat 15-Oct-1910 1-Sep-1990 US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66

Johann Reuchlin Scholar 22-Feb-1455 6-Jun-1522 German humanist and Hebraist

Susan E. Rice Scholar 1964 Obama foreign policy advisor

Murray Rothbard Economist 2-Mar-1926 7-Jan-1995 Anarcho-capitalist

AnnaLee Saxenian Scholar c. 1954 Information technologist

Robert A. Scalapino Scholar 1919 Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley

August Wilhelm von Schlegel Scholar 8-Sep-1767 12-May-1845 �ber dramatisch Kunst und Literatur

Cynthia P. Schneider Scholar 16-Aug-1953 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1998-2001

Gershom Scholem Historian 5-Dec-1897 21-Feb-1982 Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah

John Selden Scholar 16-Dec-1584 30-Nov-1654 English orientalist and jurist

Elliott P. Skinner Scholar 20-Jun-1924 1-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69

Henry Spelman Scholar c. 1564 Oct-1641 English antiquary

Gayatri Spivak Scholar 24-Feb-1942 Postcolonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak?

Ronald Steel Scholar 1931 Pax Americana

Aelius Stilo Scholar c. 154 BC 74 BC Earliest Roman philologist

Kathleen Sullivan Scholar 20-Aug-1955 Scholar of constitutional law

Cass Sunstein Scholar 1954 Why Societies Need Dissent

Raymond Tanter Scholar ? Iran Policy Committee founder

R. H. Tawney Scholar 30-Nov-1880 16-Jan-1962 The Acquisitive Society

Shibley Telhami Scholar c. 1952 Middle East scholar

James Tenney Composer 10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

Stephan Thernstrom Scholar 1934 Neoconservative thinker

Giangiorgio Trissino Scholar 8-Jul-1478 8-Dec-1550 Sofonisba

Jonathan Turley Scholar c. 1961 GWU law professor

Lorenzo Valla Scholar 1407 1-Aug-1457 Debunked the Donation of Constantine

Ernest van den Haag Scholar 15-Sep-1914 21-Mar-2002 Punishing Criminals

Gianni Vattimo Philosopher 1936 Postmodern philosopher

Richard L. Walker Scholar 13-Apr-1922 22-Jul-2003 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1981-86

Aby Warburg Scholar 13-Jun-1866 26-Oct-1929 Founder of the Warburg Institute

Michael Warner Scholar c. 1958 Fear of a Queer Planet

Patricia J. Williams Scholar 28-Aug-1951 The Alchemy of Race and Rights

James Q. Wilson Scholar 27-May-1931 The Moral Sense

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