Patricia Crone
Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patricia Crone (28 March 1945 – 11 July 2015) was a Danish historian specialising in early Islamic history.[1][2] Crone was a member of the Revisionist school of Islamic studies and questioned the historicity of the Islamic traditions about the beginnings of Islam.[3]
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Born | (1945-03-28)28 March 1945 |
Died | 11 July 2015(2015-07-11) (aged 70) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Main interests | Islamic studies; Quranic (Islamic) studies; scriptural exegesis; scholarship on Islamic origins |
Notable works | Hagarism (with M.A. Cook); Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam |
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