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Walter André Goffart (February 22, 1934 – February 14, 2025) was a German-born American historian who specialized in Late Antiquity and the European Middle Ages. He taught for many years as a professor at the University of Toronto and at the Centre for Medieval Studies from 1960 to 1999, and was a senior research scholar at Yale University. He was the…
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TTTA extracted 31 structured relationships around Walter Goffart. Examples in this analysis include Walter Goffart → Academic advisor → Charles Holt Taylor and Walter Goffart → Born → Walter André Goffart (1934-02-22)February 22, 1934 Berlin, Germany. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Goffart | Academic advisor | Charles Holt Taylor | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Born | Walter André Goffart (1934-02-22)February 22, 1934 Berlin, Germany | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Died | February 14, 2025(2025-02-14) (aged 90) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Discipline | Medieval studies | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Education | École normale supérieure | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Influences | Dubos | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Influences | Coulanges | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Institutions | University of Toronto Yale University | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Notable students | Andrew Gillett | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | Notable students | Michael Kulikowski | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walter Goffart | School or tradition | Toronto School of History | 1.00 | infobox |
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Source: Wikipedia — Walter Goffart · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout