Lynn Thorndike

Lynn Thorndike in 1938 Lynn Thorndike (24 July 1882, in Lynn, Massachusetts, US – 28 December 1965, New York City) was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy. He was the son of a clergyman, Edward R. Thorndike, and the younger brother of Ashley Horace Thorndike, an American educator and expert on William Shakespeare, and Edward Lee Thorndike, known for being the father of modern educational psychology.

In ''A Short History of Civilization'' (1926), Thorndike was the first historian to propose the term "early modern" to describe what is today recognized as the early modern period, about 1500–1800. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1944
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1905
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1965
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1949
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1950
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1923
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1917
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1926
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1948
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1923
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    by Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965
    Published 1949
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    by Paetow, Louis John, 1880-1928
    Published 1980
    Other Authors: ...Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965...
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    by Rufinus, active 13th century
    Published 1946
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