Bernal, Martin
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Name (Latin)
Bernal, Martin
Name (Arabic)
برنال، مارتن، 1937-
Date of birth
1937-03-10
Date of death
2013-06-09
Place of birth
London (England)
Place of death
Cambridge (England)
Place of residence/headquarters
Cambridge (England)
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Field of activity
China--Politics and government--1949-1976
Vietnam--History
Mediterranean Region--History--To 476
Associate group
University of Cambridge
Cornell University
Occupation
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Martin Gardiner
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Black Athena writes back, 2001:CIP t.p. (Martin Bernal) data sheet (b. Mar. 10, 1937)
- His Black Athena, 1987:CIP t.p. (Martin Bernal)
- Ithaca.com Web site, viewed June 13, 2013(Martin Gardiner Bernal, d. Cambridge, England, June 9, 2013; son of Margaret Gardiner and J.D. Bernal; b. London; educated at Dartington Hall School, Devon; King's College, Cambridge University, University of California, Berkely, Harvard University; fellow at Cambridge University; joined faculty at Cornell University in 1972; lived and studied in China; traveled to and wrote about Vietnam during the war; and worked on a family trust in Malawi; original focus of work was on Chinese socialism and Vietnamese history and politics, shifted in mid 1970s to the ancient Mediterranean world; married firstly Judy Pace (divorced), secondly Leslie Miller; 4 children, one step-child)
- LC data base, 5/27/87(hdg.: Bernal, Martin)
- LCN
Wikipedia description:
Martin Gardiner Bernal (; 10 March 1937 – 9 June 2013) was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history. He was a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. He gained notoriety for his book Black Athena, work which argues that the culture, language, and political structure of Ancient Greece contained substantial influences from Ancient Egypt and Syria-Palestine.
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