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German-American historian and author (1923-2015)

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Peter Joachim Gay 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).

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1999Geschwister-Scholl-Preis
1990Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History
1990Oskar Pfister Award
1969Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
1967National Book Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Sterling Professor

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Peter Joachim Gay 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 ; Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider (1968); and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time (1988).

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deceased
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Lived 1923 to 2015 · aged 91
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