Fred Donner
American historian and scholar of Islam (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fred McGraw Donner (born 1945) is a scholar of Islam and Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago.[1][2] He has published several books about early Islamic history.
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Fred McGraw Donner | |
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Born | 1945 (age 78ā79) |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Known for | Islamic Studies; Quranic (Islamic) studies; scriptural exegesis; scholarship on Islamic origins |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (2007) Member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Islamic Studies |
Institutions | University of Chicago; Yale University; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
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