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David Abulafia
English historian
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dead
- born
- 1949
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 76
- known for
- medievalist, historian, university teacher
1949 – 2026
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who david abulafia is
David Samuel Harvard Abulafia was an English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He spent most of his career at the University of Cambridge, rising to become a professor at the age of 50. He retired in 2017 as Professor Emeritus of Mediterranean History. He was a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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