Andrew Ezergailis | |
Native Name: | Andrievs Ezergailis |
Native Name Lang: | Latvian |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1930 |
Birth Place: | Rite Parish, Latvia |
Death Place: | Ithaca, New York, the United States |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Occupation: | Professor of History |
Spouse: | Inta Ezergailis |
Parents: | Jānis Ezergailis and Berta Ezergaile (née Gaile) |
Awards: | Order of the Three Stars (2007), (2012) |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan (1964), New York University (1968) |
Thesis Title: | The Bolshevik Revolution in Latvia, March to August 1917 |
Thesis Year: | 1968 |
Discipline: | 20th-century history of Latvia |
Sub Discipline: | 1917 Revolution and the Holocaust in Latvia |
Workplaces: | 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.
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.[2] Andrew was married to Inta Ezergailis, a retired professor of German Literature at Cornell University.