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Peter Gay

1923 - 2015

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Peter Joachim Gay (né Fröhlich German: [ˈfʁøːlɪç]; June 20, 1923 – May 12, 2015) was a German-American historian, educator, and author. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers (1997–2003). He received the American Historical Association's (AHA) Award for Scholarly Distinction in 2004. He authored over 25 books, including The Enlightenment: An Interpretation (The Rise of Modern Paganism); Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968); and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Gay is the 381st most popular historian (down from 358th in 2019), the 4,398th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,241st in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Peter Gay ranks 381 out of 561. Before him are Heinrich Zimmer, Géza Alföldy, Gottfried Arnold, Léon Gautier, Heinrich von Sybel, and Michele Amari. After him are Heinrich Gelzer, Ernest Labrousse, Fritz Stern, Cadmus of Miletus, Domenico Losurdo, and Jan T. Gross.

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Among people born in 1923, Peter Gay ranks 285. Before him are Gerrit Voorting, Mikhail Pugovkin, Leon Niemczyk, Jesús Rafael Soto, D. N. Aidit, and Brendan Behan. After him are Barney Kessel, Palden Thondup Namgyal, Vatroslav Mimica, Bill Bruce, Lojze Grozde, and George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood. Among people deceased in 2015, Peter Gay ranks 288. Before him are Malcolm Fraser, James Salter, Milorad Milutinović, Roger Rees, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, and Mary Ellen Trainor. After him are Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Jimmy Murray, Lynn Anderson, Edward Natapei, Jaroslav Holík, and Ali Treki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Gay ranks 4,400 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Berger (1892), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (1672), Ernest Oppenheimer (1880), Joseph Helffrich (1890), Rita Kühne (1947), and Heinz Prüfer (1896). After him are Uschi Glas (1944), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (1503), Fritz Noether (1884), Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), and Heinrich Gelzer (1847).

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Among HISTORIANS In Germany

Among historians born in Germany, Peter Gay ranks 48. Before him are Arno Peters (1916), Kurt Aland (1915), Franz Babinger (1891), Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Gottfried Arnold (1665), and Heinrich von Sybel (1817). After him are Heinrich Gelzer (1847), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Joseph Hergenröther (1824), Gerhard Ritter (1888), and Heinrich Ewald (1803).

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