Robert Darnton#
| Membership Number: | 1626 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 - present Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard
- 2007 emeritus status at Princeton
- 1968 - 2007 Princeton University
- 1964 Ph.D.in history, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- History of the book
- Electronic publishing
- Cultural history
Honours and Awards
- Awarded the National Humanities Medal 2011 (2012)
- Award for distinguished achievement from the American Printing History Association (2005)
- Gutenberg prize (2004)
- Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (1999)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism (1995)
