ICFHR 2018: Program

Gregory R. Crane: Biography

Gregory R. Crane is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Leipzig and Winnick Family Chair of Technology and Entrepeneurship at Tufts University. Greg completed his doctorate in classical philology at Harvard University and subsequently worked there as an Assistant Professor. He owes his reputation as a pioneer of digital humanities to his development of the Perseus Digital Library, a comprehensive, freely accessible online library for antique source material. From 1985, he was involved in planning the Perseus Project as a co-director and is now its Editor-in-Chief. He was Associate Professor at Tufts University prior to holding the Winnick Family Chair. He has received, among other awards, the Google Digital Humanities Award 2010 for his work in the field.