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Bernard Lewis
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- Born
- 31 May 1916
- Works
- 190
Top works
- The origins of Ismāʻīlism
- ערי ארץ־ישראל במאה הט״ז
- The Fatimids and the route to India
- 历史上的阿拉伯人
- הערבים בהיסטוריה
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1916-05-31 ) 31 May 1916, London, England
- Died
- 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) (aged 101), Voorhees Township, New Jersey , U.S.
- Spouse s
- Ruth Hélène Oppenhejm, (married 1947–1974)
- Awards
- Fellow of the British Academy , Harvey Prize , Irving Kristol Award , Jefferson Lecture , National Humanities Medal
- Alma mater
- SOAS ( BA , PhD ), University of Paris
- Discipline
- Historian
- Institutions
- SOAS , Princeton University , Cornell University
- Doctoral students
- Feroz Ahmad
- Main interests
- Middle Eastern studies , Islamic studies
- Notable works
- The Jews of Islam (1984) Islam and the West (1993) What Went Wrong? (2002)
- Influenced
- Heath W. Lowry , Fouad Ajami
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Voorhees Township
- Occupation
- orientalist
- Educated at
- SOAS, University of London
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Louis Massignon
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Bernard Lewis in 2012 (1).JPG
- Residence
- London
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- date of birth
- 1916-05-31
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- Bernard Lewis
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of death
- 2018-05-19
- name in native language
- Bernard Lewis
- professorship
- professor
- place of burial
- Trumpeldor cemetery
- subject has role
- centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Lewis (31 May 1916 – 19 May 2018) was a British-American historian specialized in Oriental studies. He was also known as a public intellectual and political commentator. Lewis was the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Lewis's expertise was in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West.
Lewis served as a soldier in the British Army in the Royal Armoured Corps and Intelligence Corps during the Second World War before being seconded to the Foreign Office. After the war, he returned to the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and was appointed to the new chair in Near and Middle Eastern history.
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