Leo Gershoy (September 27, 1897 - March 12, 1975) [1] was a history professor at New York University from 1940 to 1975. In his name the American Historical Association awards an annual prize for the best new book on 17th- or 18th-century European history. An annual lecture at New York University is also named for him.
Gershoy received his B.A., M.A., and PhD from Cornell University.[2] Before New York University, he also taught at Columbia University, Cornell University, his alma mater, University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Chicago.[3]
Works
editGershoy, Leo (1932). The French Revolution, 1789-1799. International Thomson Publishing. ISBN 978-0-03-082832-4.
Gershoy, Leo (1933). The French Revolution and Napoleon. Appleton-Century.
Gershoy, Leo (1963). From despotism to revolution, 1763-1789. Rise of modern Europe. Harper & Row.
Gershoy, Leo (1979). The Era of the French Revolution, 1789-1799: Ten Years That Shook the World. Rise of modern Europe. Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-89874-718-8.
Notes
edit- ^ LEO GERSHOY DIES; N.Y.U. HISTORIAN
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Leo Gershoy". Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "Leo Gershoy Dies; N.y.u. Historian". The New York Times. 1975-03-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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