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name: Jerome Blum
about: Jerome Blum (1913-1993) was an american economic historian specialising in the history of agriculture. Blum served in the field artillery of the US army during WWII leaving the service with the rank of Captain receiving his PhD in 1947 from Johns Hopkins University. Taught history at Princeton University from 1947 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus.