John W. Baldwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn W. Baldwin
American historian
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1929
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 08-Feb-2015
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John W. Baldwin
- John Wesley Baldwin (July 13, 1929 – February 8, 2015) was an American historian.
- He was Charles Homer Haskins professor of history at the Johns Hopkins University.
- Born in Chicago, he received his Hopkins Ph.D.
- in 1956 and joined the faculty in 1961.
- He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992.
- Author of nine books, he was elected to numerous academies including the American Philosophical Society, the Medieval Academy, the British Academy, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and the Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres.
- In 2007 Northwestern University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
- He was decorated by the French Government with the Ordre National de la LĂ©gion d'Honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- For an autobiographical sketch see "A Medievalist and Francophile Despite Himself," in Why France? American Historians Reflect on an Enduring Fascination, edited by Laura Lee Downs and Stéphane Gerson (Cornell University Press, 2007), French translation in Pourquoi la France? (Seul, 2007).
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