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Gabor S. Boritt (1940-2026) Historian, author. Gabor Boritt was born in Budapest, Hungary, and died in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Full Name

Gabor S. Boritt

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1940

Birth

Gabor S. Boritt was born Gabor Roth-Szappanos in Budapest, Hungary, on January 26, 1940.

1957

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Boritt immigrated to the United States in 1957 and worked for a short time in a hat factory in New York City.

1978

Literary Work

Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream
Memphis State University Press
0878700439 / 978-0878700431
Nonfiction.

1984

Literary Work

The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print
Scribner
0684180723 / 978-0684180724
Nonfiction written with Harold Holzer and Mark E. Neely Jr.

2006

Literary Work

The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
Simon & Schuster
0743288203 / 978-0743288200
History.

2026

Death

Gabor S. Boritt died in a hospice facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2026.

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