Egon Mayer (sociologist)

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Egon Mayer (December 23, 1944 – January 30, 2004) was a Swiss-born American sociologist and professor at Brooklyn College. He wrote a number of books on Jewish culture and history, including From Suburb to Shtetl (1979), The Court Jew: A Contribution to the History of Absolutism in Europe (1984), and Love and Tradition: Marriage Between Jews and Christians (1985).[1]

Mayer was born in

New School for Social Research, obtaining his Ph.D in sociology in 1975 from Rutgers University.[1]

Death

Mayer died on January 30, 2004, aged 59, from cancer of the gall bladder, in Laurel Hollow, New York. He was survived by his mother, his wife and their three daughters.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Berger, Joseph (January 31, 2004). "Egon Mayer, 59, Sociologist Who Dealt With Jewish Issues". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. ^ Ministry of Social Welfare of the Czechoslovakian Government-in-Exile in London, Repatriation Department, 1939-1948; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  3. ^ Löb, Ladislaus. Rezso Kasztner. Pimlico/Random House, 2009, p. 133. Mayer, Egon. "Kastner memorial site". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)