
C. John Sommerville
Author of How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society
About the Author
C. John Sommerville is professor emeritus of history at the University of Florida, a member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, and senior fellow at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. His other books include The Decline of the Secular University and How the News Makes show more Us Dumb. show less
Works by C. John Sommerville
Associated Works
The Family in History; Interdisciplinary Essays (Harper Torchbooks, Tb 1757) (1973) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
Biographical dictionary of British radicals in the seventeenth century (1982) — Contributor — 3 copies
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- Legal name
- Sommerville, Charles John
- Birthdate
- 1938-08-15
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Kansas (BA|1960, MA|1963)
University of Reading (1961-1962)
University of Iowa (PhD|1970) - Organizations
- North American Conference on British Studies
American Historical Association
Institute for Advanced Studies - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Places of residence
- Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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- Members
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- ISBNs
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