Subdivision
| • | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | [X] |
| | 1 | Name: | Dr. Patricia Crone | | | Institution: | Institute for Advanced Study | | | Year Elected: | 2001 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1945 | | | Death Date: | July 11, 2015 | | | | | | |
Patricia Crone was a brilliant historian who illuminated the social history of early Islam, the meaning of legal systems, and the history of trade. She had extended her expertise to general stories of social history and to the edition and translation of texts. A native of Denmark, Dr. Crone received her Ph.D. from the University of London's School of Oriental Studies in 1974 and went on to teach at Oxford University (1977-90) and Cambridge University (1990-97) before joining the Institute for Advanced Study as Mellon Professor from 1997-2014. Dr. Crone's many publications include (with M. Cook) Hagarism (1977); Slaves on Horses (1980); Roman, Provincial and Islamic Law (1987); Meccan Trade (1987); Pre-Industrial Societies (1989); The Book of Strangers (1999); and Medieval Islamic Political Thought (2005). Her book From Arabian Tribes to Islamic Empire: Army, State and Society in the Near East c. 600-850 (2008) is a collection of articles that study the development of early Muslim society. The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran: Rural Revolt and Local Zoroastrianism earned four major awards. In 2013 she was awarded the Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal for Excellence in Islamic Studies. Patricia Crone died July 11, 2015, at age 70 in Princeton, New Jersey. She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2001. | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. Eugene F. Rice | | | Institution: | Columbia University | | | Year Elected: | 2001 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Subdivision: | 405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1924 | | | Death Date: | August 4, 2008 | | | | | | |
Eugene F. Rice, Jr. received a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1953. He was a professor at Cornell University for nine years before moving to Columbia University in 1964. He has been the William R. Shepherd Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University since 1995. Dr. Rice has been a major force in the study of Renaissance history for 45 years. His first book, The Renaissance Idea of Wisdom (1958), established his reputation for rigorous research and imaginative writing. His massive edition of the Latin Prefatory Epistles of Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples and Related Texts (1972) is a wonderful work of technical scholarship with the broadest implications for the study of humanism and cultural history. And his prize-winning St. Jerome in the Renaissance (1985) is a subtle study of the intersections of theology, hagiography, and imagery in the visual arts. A winner of Columbia's "Great Teacher's Award," he is as excellent a teacher as he is a scholar. He served as the Executive Director of the Renaissance Society of America for 20 years and was chairman of both Columbia's History Department and its Society of Fellows. His recent work includes a comprehensive study of "Western Homosexualities," from the Greeks to the present. Broad in his intellectual interests, especially in music and art, he is energetic, vivacious, and sociable. Honors Dr. Rice has received include the Philip Schaff Prize of the American Society of Church History, the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Association, the Prize in History from the American Academy of Religion, and a Festschrift in his honor in 1991. Dr. Rice was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2001. | |
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