Naomi Blumberg
Naomi Blumberg
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
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BIOGRAPHY

Naomi Blumberg was Assistant Editor, Arts and Culture for Encyclopaedia Britannica. She covered topics related to art history, architecture, theatre, dance, literature, and music.

Before becoming an editor at Britannica, she worked as a curator and exhibition developer in art and history museums in Boston and Chicago. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College in art history and an M.A. from Tufts University in art history and museum studies.

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Dave the Potter
Dave the Potter was an American potter and poet who, while enslaved in South Carolina, produced enormous stoneware pots. He signed many of them with his first name and inscribed a few with original poetic verses. Definitive information about Dave’s life is scarce. In 1919 a pot bearing his name and…
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