John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.: key obituary facts
Is John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. dead? Yes. John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. died on July 6, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.'s cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. known for?
He was an American Balkan and Byzantine historian (born 1939).
More about John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.
Born: 9 September 1939.
Place of birth: Williamstown.
Gender: male.
Occupation: art historian, university teacher, historian, balkanologist, Byzantinist.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Harvard University.
Employer: University of Michigan.
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship.
Father: John Van Antwerp Fine.
Also known as: John Van Antwerp Fine, John V. A. Fine Jr.
John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., a professor of history and scholar of Balkan and Byzantine studies, died on July 6, 2026.
He was 86. Fine taught for decades at the University of Michigan, where he became professor emeritus of Balkan and Byzantine history and wrote extensively on the subject.
Born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1939, he grew up in a family of educators. He studied Byzantium, the Balkans and medieval Russia at Harvard University, earned his Ph.D. there in 1968, and joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1969.