Carlo Ginzburg is an Italian historian and a proponent of the field of microhistory. He is best known for Il formaggio e i vermi, which examined the beliefs of an Italian heretic, Menocchio, from Montereale Valcellina. Wikipedia
Born: 1939 (age 85 years), Turin, Italy
Children: Lisa Ginzburg
Education: University of Pisa
Parents: Natalia Ginzburg and Leone Ginzburg