Patrick J. Geary

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Patrick J. Geary
Geary in 2011
Born	(1948-09-26) September 26, 1948 (age 75) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Academic background
Education	Spring Hill College Catholic University of Louvain Yale University
Influences	Georges Duby[1] Robert Sabatino Lopez[1] Herwig Wolfram[1]
Academic work
Discipline	Medieval history
Sub-discipline	Early medieval period cultural history social history relics social memory
Institutions	Princeton University University of Florida University of California, Los Angeles Institute for Advanced Study

Patrick J. Geary (born September 26, 1948)^[2] is an American medievalist. He is a professor emeritus of Western Medieval History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. From 2004 to 2011, he also held the title of Distinguished Professor of Medieval History Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[3]