Robert Darnton

b. 1939

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Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian known for his work on 18th-century France. He served as director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. Darnton's scholarly focus lies in the history of ideas, print culture, and the social context of literature in France during the Enlightenment. His work contributes to the understanding of how knowledge was produced and circulated in the 18th century. He is recognized as an expert in the cultural and intellectual history of France.

Born

1939