Francesca Rochberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francesca Rochberg

American assyriologist

Date of Birth: 08-May-1952

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: historian of science, assyriologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Francesca Rochberg (Halton) (born May 8, 1952 in Philadelphia) is an American Assyriologist, historian of science, and Catherine and William L.
Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley.
She is best known for her work on the history of Babylonian astronomy. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago with a Ph.D.
She taught at the University of California, Riverside.