Gabor S. Boritt 1940-2026

[Thomas Lapsley]

It was announced this morning that noted Lincoln scholar Gabor S. Boritt has passed away at the age of 86.

[Gene C]

His obituary from the Gettysburg Connection.
After reading this, he is a man I wish I had known.

https://gettysburgconnection.org/obituar...ies-at-86/

[Rob Wick]

He was a very respected scholar.

Best
Rob

[mbgross]

He was a kind and generous man, to which I can personally testify. Founder of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg and a towering giant in the Lincoln field.

[David Lockmiller]

Paragraph from article in today's New York Times:

Boritt worked briefly in a hat factory in New York before heading west, to find what he had been told was the real America. Along the way, he used a booklet of Lincoln’s writings to teach himself English.