Gabor Boritt American Historian
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Passed away on 2nd February, 2026 aged 86.
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| First Name |
Gabor
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| Last Name |
Boritt
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1939
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| Birthplace |
Budapest, Hungary
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| Died |
2nd February, 2026
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Historian
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Gabor Szappanos Boritt (né Róth-Szappanos Gábor; January 26, 1940 – February 2, 2026) was a Hungarian-born American historian. He was the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. Born and raised in Hungary, he participated as a teenager in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 before escaping to America, where he received his higher education and became a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. He was the author, co-author, or editor of 16 books about Lincoln or the Civil War. Boritt received the National Humanities Medal in 2008 from President George W. Bush.
