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Patricia Crone

Historian
Patricia Crone was a Danish historian specialising in early Islamic history. Crone was a member of the Revisionist school of Islamic studies and questioned the historicity of the Islamic traditions about the beginnings of Islam. Wikipedia
Born: March 28, 1945, Kyndeløse, Denmark
Died: July 11, 2015 (age 70 years), Princeton, NJ
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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