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(1916-2018) Historian. Bernard Lewis was born in London, England, and died in Voorhees Township, New Jersey.

Full Name

Bernard Lewis

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline


1916

BIRTH

Bernard Lewis was born in London, England, on May 31, 1916.

1950

LITWORK

The Arabs in History
Hutchinson & Co.

History.

1961

LITWORK

The Emergence of Modern Turkey
Oxford

History.

1967

LITWORK

The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam
Weidenfeld and Nicolson

History.

1984

OTHER

Mr. Lewis taught at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from 1984 to 1990.

1993

LITWORK

Islam and the West
Oxford University Press
0195076192 / 978-0195076196
History.

1996

LITWORK

The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
Scribner
0684807122 / 978-0684807126
History.

2002

LITWORK

What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam And Modernity In The Middle East
New York: Oxford University Press

History.

2003

LITWORK

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror
Modern Library
0679642811 / 978-0679642817
History.

2004

LITWORK

From Babel To Dragomans: Interpreting The Middle East
Oxford University Press
0195173368 / 978-0195173369
History.

2011

LITWORK

The End of Modern History in the Middle East
Hoover Institution Press
0817912940 / 978-0817912949
History.

2012

LITWORK

Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian
Viking
0670023531 / 978-0670023530
History written with Buntzie Churchill.

2018

DEATH

Mr. Lewis died at a retirement facility in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, on May 19, 2018.

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