Gregory Kerr
Alma materBoston University
OccupationYouTuber
Years active2015-present
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Gregory Kerr is an American YouTuber and author.[1] Under the pseudonym "Blue", he is a co-host of the YouTube channel Overly Sarcastic Productions, which has over one million subscribers and whose videos regularly accrue tens of thousands of views.[2][3][4]

Education

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Kerr attended the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, where he graduated magna cum laude with majors in classics and philosophy[5] and minors in economics and Core interdisciplinary studies in 2018.[6][4] During the 2016/2017 school year, Kerr was awarded the Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award in classical studies,[7] also winning the Divisional Distinction Award for Second-Year Humanities in 2016 and the Polytropos Award in 2018.[6]

YouTube

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Kerr began his YouTube career in March of 2015 under the pseudonym "Ares" as a host of the YouTube channel Animus Island, which was an Assassins' Creed podcast.[8][9] Four days after this, Kerr joined the channel for which he would become more widely known, Overly Sarcastic Productions, by creating a video entitled "History Summarized: The Athenian Empire" which, as the name may suggest, summarized the history of the Athenian Empire.[10]

Since Kerr's arrival to Overly Sarcastic Productions, he has continued to create popular history-focused videos for the channel.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Philosophical Phridays: Volume 1". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  2. ^ "Debunking Misconceptions about Other Cultures, on YouTube | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  3. ^ "Overly Sarcastic Productions". Plugged In. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  4. ^ a b c "A Conversation with Alumnus Gregory Kerr | Core Curriculum". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  5. ^ "Creator details | Our Mythical Childhood Survey". www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  6. ^ a b "Student Awards | Core Curriculum". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  7. ^ "Past Undergraduate Student Award Winners | Center for the Humanities". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  8. ^ Animus Island (2015-03-08). Animus Island Podcast Episode 00. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "Gregory Kerr – Boston University Fencing Club". Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  10. ^ Overly Sarcastic Productions (2015-03-12). History Summarized: The Athenian Empire. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via YouTube.