Patricia Crone
Patricia Crone | |
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Crone in 2015 | |
| Born | 28 March 1945 |
| Died | 11 July 2015 (aged 70) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Islamic studies; Quranic (Islamic) studies; scriptural exegesis; scholarship on Islamic origins |
| Notable works | Hagarism (with Michael Cook); Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam |
Patricia Crone (28 March 1945 – 11 July 2015) was a Danish historian specialising in early Islamic history. Crone was a member of the revisionist school of Islamic studies and questioned the historicity of the Islamic traditions about the beginnings of Islam.