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Akhil Reed Amar was born on September 6, 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Akhil Reed Amar is a legal scholar and professor. The age as of 2026 is 68. Education on record includes Las Lomas High School and Yale College. Recorded honors include Sterling Professor and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
My Take
Akhil Reed Amar commands my genuine respect. Born in Ann Arbor and trained at Yale, he is now a Sterling Professor there, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a leading voice on the Bill of Rights and constitutional history. What I value most is his instinct to make dense constitutional thinking accessible to ordinary readers rather than locking it inside the ivory tower. Scholars who open their work to the public earn my trust. There is something stirring about a boy born in Ann Arbor and raised in California growing into one of the country's foremost interpreters of its founding charter, and his career embodies exactly that arc.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Akhil Reed Amar
- Name (Japanese)
- アキル・アマール
- Reading
- あきる・あまーる
- Born
- September 6, 1958 (age 68)
- Origin
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Occupation
- legal scholar / professor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
2. Background
- High school
- Las Lomas High School
- University
- Yale College
Awards & achievements
- Sterling Professor
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://akhilamar.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhil%20Reed%20Amar
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3540431
4. About this entry
Tags
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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Akhil Reed Amar was born on September 6, 1958 and is 68 years old.
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Akhil Reed Amar is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
What does Akhil Reed Amar do?
Akhil Reed Amar works as legal scholar, professor.
Where did Akhil Reed Amar study?
Akhil Reed Amar attended Yale College.
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