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Jonathan M. BLOOM

Male 1950 -  (74 years)


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  • Name Jonathan M. BLOOM 
    Birth 7 Apr 1950 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I14154  bmds
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2017 

    Family Sheila S. BLAIR,   b. 26 Nov 1948, Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Children 1 son and 1 daughter 
     1Female. Felicity BLOOM,   b. 23 Jun 1988 (Age 36 years)
     2Male. Oliver D. BLOOM,   b. 5 Feb 1990 (Age 34 years)
     
    Family ID F5773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Professor Bloom teaches courses on the history of Islamic art and architecture. He also offers undergraduate seminars on such subjects as the arts of medieval Spain and the history of Cairo. His research has explored the history and development of the minaret, the history of paper, and the art of the Fatimid dynasty in North Africa and Egypt. He has written several books with Sheila S. Blair, his wife and co-holder of the Calderwood Chair, with whom he also served as principal consultant acclaimed documentary Islam: Empire of Faith, shown nationally on PBS. He is currently working on a book about architecture in the Western Islamic lands.