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Date of Birth
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11-October-1923
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Place of Birth
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United States of America
(Americas, DVD Region 1, United States, with Territories, Lacks Family Cemetery )
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Elizabeth Lewisohn Eisenstein
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Profession
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Historian
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Elizabeth Lewisohn Eisenstein is an American historian of the French Revolution and early 19th century France. She is well known for her work on the history of early printing, writing on the transition in media between the era of 'manuscript culture' and that of 'print culture', as well as the role of the printing press in effecting broad cultural change in Western civilization. Eisenstein is the third daughter of Sam A. Lewisohn, son of Adolph Lewisohn and Margaret Seligman, granddaughter of Joseph Seligman.
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