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Dr. Benjamin Cronin
Historian of Southeastern Massachusetts, occasional journalist, general fan of the outdoors.
Duxbury High School, 2001; B.A. with Highest Honors in History and Political Science, Williams College, 2005; Ph.D., History, University of Michigan, 2016.