Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)? 

Context:

Robert Louis (Robert) Paquette (born 1951) is an American historian, Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College, and co-founder of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization. He is particularly known for his work on the history of slavery in Cuba.

Hypothesis: Paquette was born nine years prior to 1960.
Select from:
(a). Yes.
(b). It's impossible to say.
(c). No.
(a).