Edward Wallace Muir Jr., Date of Birth
TweetEdward Wallace Muir Jr.
Historian of Renaissance Italy
Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1946
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Edward Wallace Muir Jr.
- Edward Wallace Muir Jr.
- (born 1946) is a Professor of History and Italian at Northwestern University.
- He is also Clarence L.
- Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence.
- Known for his use of anthropological methods in historical research, he was a pioneer in the historical study of ritual and feuding.
- He has been especially influential in using and interpreting microhistorical methods, which were first devised by historians in Italy.
- His work has focused on Renaissance Italy, especially the Republic of Venice and its territories.
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