Francesca Rochberg (Halton) (born May 8, 1952, in Philadelphia) is an American Assyriologist, historian of science, and Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley.[1] She is best known for her work on the history of Babylonian astronomy.

Francesca Rochberg
Born (1952-05-08) May 8, 1952 (age 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Academic work
DisciplineAssyriology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago with a Ph.D.[2] She taught at the University of California, Riverside.[3]

Awards

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Works

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  • Babylonian Horoscopes. DIANE Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-0-87169-881-0.
  • The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture. Cambridge University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-83010-2.
  • In the Path of the Moon: Babylonian Celestial Divination and Its Legacy. Brill. 2010. ISBN 978-90-04-18389-6.
  • Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science. University of Chicago Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0226406138

Novels

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References

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  1. ^ "Professor Francesca Rochberg". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  2. ^ "UC Berkeley > AHMA > Faculty Bio". Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  3. ^ UC Riverside Professor Named Guggenheim Fellow
  4. ^ "Francesca Rochberg - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
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