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David A. Bell
David Avrom Bell is an American historian specializing in French history. In 2025, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Bell was born into a Jewish family in New York City in 1961.[citation needed] He is the son of sociologist Daniel Bell and literary critic Pearl Kazin Bell (Alfred Kazin's sister).
He completed his A.B. in History and Literature at Harvard University in 1983, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his M.A. in history in 1987 and his Ph.D. in 1991, both at Princeton University. He then taught at Yale University from 1990 to 1996; Johns Hopkins University from 1996 to 2010, where he was Dean of Faculty beginning in 2007; and at Princeton University since 2010.
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David A. Bell
David Avrom Bell is an American historian specializing in French history. In 2025, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Bell was born into a Jewish family in New York City in 1961.[citation needed] He is the son of sociologist Daniel Bell and literary critic Pearl Kazin Bell (Alfred Kazin's sister).
He completed his A.B. in History and Literature at Harvard University in 1983, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his M.A. in history in 1987 and his Ph.D. in 1991, both at Princeton University. He then taught at Yale University from 1990 to 1996; Johns Hopkins University from 1996 to 2010, where he was Dean of Faculty beginning in 2007; and at Princeton University since 2010.