Shapiro, Barbara J(une)

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SHAPIRO, Barbara J(une)

SHAPIRO, Barbara J(une). American, b. 1934. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, assistant professor of history, 1965-66; Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, assistant professor, 1966-c. 1968, associate professor of history, c. 1968-70; University of California, Berkeley, lecturer in history, 1970-71; Wheaton College, Norton, MA, professor of history and dean of faculty, 1971-73; University of California, San Diego, associate professor of history, 1973-76; University of California, Berkeley, professor of rhetoric, 1977-94, Graduate School, professor, 1994-. Visiting lecturer at Wellesley College, 1969-70. Publications: John Wilkins, 1614-1672: An Intellectual Biography, 1969; History and Natural History in Seventeenth-Century England, 1981; Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England: The Relationships between Science, Religion, History, Law, and Literature, 1983; Beyond Reasonable Doubt & Probable Cause: Historical Perspectives in the Anglo-American Law of Evidence, 1991; A Culture of Fact: England 1550-1720, 2000. Address: Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.

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