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Felix Gilbert
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Felix Gilbert was a historian and university teacher born in Baden-Baden in 1905. He held citizenship in Germany and the United States. Gilbert was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and spoke English and German. He worked as a teacher at the Institute for Advanced Study and resided in Princeton.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Bancroft Prize. Gilbert was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. His notable works include *Machiavelli e il suo tempo*, *Machiavelli's "Istorie Fiorentine"*, and *Religion and politics in the thought of Gasparo Contarini*. He died in Princeton in 1991 and was buried in Berlin.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1991
- Works
- 47
Top works
- Machiavelli e il suo tempo
- Machiavelli's "Istorie Fiorentine"
- Religion and politics in the thought of Gasparo Contarini
- Biondo, Sabellico, and the beginnings of Venetian official historiography
- The date of the composition of Contarini's and Giannotti's books on Venice
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felix
- Family name
- Gilbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baden-Baden
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Bancroft Prize
- Image
- Felix Gilbert 1968.jpg
- Residence
- Princeton
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- date of birth
- 1905-05-21
- date of death
- 1991-02-14
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- place of burial
- Berlin
- name in native language
- Felix Gilbert
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- ITO
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