Andrew Ezergailis | |
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Andrievs Ezergailis | |
Born | Rite Parish, Latvia | October 12, 1930
Died | January 22, 2022 91) Ithaca, New York, the United States | (aged
Nationality | Latvian |
Occupation | Professor of History |
Spouse | Inta Ezergailis |
Parent(s) | Jānis Ezergailis and Berta Ezergaile (née Gaile) |
Awards | Order of the Three Stars (2007), Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (2012) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan (1964), New York University (1968) |
Thesis | The Bolshevik Revolution in Latvia, March to August 1917 (1968) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | 20th-century history of Latvia |
Sub-discipline | 1917 Revolution and the Holocaust in Latvia |
Institutions | Ithaca College |
Andrew Ezergailis (Latvian :Andrievs Ezergailis;born 10 December 1930 in Rite Parish,died 22 January 2022 [1] in Ithaca,New York) was a professor of history at Ithaca College,known for his research into the 20th-century history of Latvia,particularly of the 1917 Revolution and the Holocaust in Latvia. [2]
In August 2007,Ezergailis was awarded the Cross of the Order of the Three Stars,one of the highest honors of Latvia,for his contributions to understanding the history of the country. [3]
Andrew was married to Inta Ezergailis,a retired professor of German Literature at Cornell University.