Adrienne Mayor
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 79 |
| Date of birth | April 22,1946 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Benton |
| Illinois | |
| United States | |
| Employer | Stanford University |
| Job | Author |
| Historian | |
| Folklorist | |
| Movies/Shows | Warrior Women |
| Affiliations | Stanford University |
| Nominations | National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World) | |
| Awards | Independent Publisher Book Award for History (World) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1309240 |
Adrienne Mayor Life story
Adrienne Mayor is a historian of ancient science and a classical folklorist. Mayor specializes in ancient history and the study of "folk science", or how pre-scientific cultures interpreted data about the natural world, and how these interpretations form the basis of many ancient myths, folklore and popular beliefs.