A. Lynn MartinA. Lynn Martin is an award-winning historian, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a recipient of a Centenary Medal from the Australian government for his contribution to Australian society thrugh history. Born in Iowa, Professor Martin received his education at the University of Oregon and the University of Wisconsin before moving to Australia in 1973. His publications include Alcohol, Sex, and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe; Henry III and the Jesuit Politicians; The Jesuit Mind: The Mentality of an Elite in Early Modern France; and Plague? Jesuit Accounts of Epidemic Disease in the Sixteenth Century. In 1997, Professor Martin became founder and director of the University of Adelaide’s Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink, a position he held until 2004. Although retiring at the end of 2003, Professor Martin still keeps active as a visiting research fellow. Read More Read Less