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Jonathan Lyons

Biography

Jonathan Lyons

Jonathan Lyons is the author of THE HOUSE OF WISDOM: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization (Bloomsbury Press 2009). He served as editor and foreign correspondent for Reuters for more than 20 years. He holds a doctorate in sociology and has taught at George Mason University, Georgetown University, and Monash University in Australia. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Jonathan Lyons

Books by Jonathan Lyons

by Jonathan Lyons - History, Nonfiction

From celebrated historian of ideas Jonathan Lyons comes THE SOCIETY FOR USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, telling the story of America’s coming-of-age through its historic love affair with practical invention, applied science and self-reliance. Offering fresh insights into such figures as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, and the inimitable, endlessly inventive Franklin, Lyons gives us a vital new perspective on the American founding.