Randall Collins has done some very interesting work on networks of philosophers, et al., going back into antiquity, but I don't remember just how far back. --Alvin Wolfe Collins, Randall. 1992. Caught in the Structural Crunch: The Timing of Network Contact and Intellectual Creativity. Paper presented at the International Sun Belt Social Network Conference, Tampa, February 1992. Collins, Randall. 1998. The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. -----Original Message----- From: Barry Wellman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: historical networks Was chatting with a friend yesterday, and the Q came up: What scholarly research has been done re historical figures. He was especially interested in the nets of Marc Antony (_not the fashion designer_ but his predecessor). Now must of us know thanks to John Padgett and the UCINet demos about the Florentine nets of the Medici, et al. Are there other such studies? Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________