# David Hackett Fischer
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david hackett fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor of History at Brandeis University. Fischer's major works have covered topics ranging from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (Albion's Seed, The Great Wave) to narrative histories of significant events (Paul Revere's Ride, Washington's Crossing) to explorations of historiography (Historians' Fallacies, in which he coined the term "historian's fallacy").
== Education ==
Fischer grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
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