Bergman, Eugene
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Variants
- Bergman, Gerson
- Bergman, Geniu
- Bergman, Eugeniusz
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1930-09-06
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Gallaudet University
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Holocaust survivors
Birth Place
- Poland
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Sign languages
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: The Deaf experience, c1976.
- found: Bragg, B. Lessons in laughter, 1989:CIP t.p. (Eugene Bergman) CIP data sheet (b. 9/6/32)
- found: Poznań majn hejm, 2019:page 83 (There were five of us: two parents and three sons. The oldest, David, was born in 1922, I - Baruch - on September 20, 1930 and the youngest Gerson - on September 6, 1930), page 84 (we addressed Gerson as Geniu), page 192 (Sarah and Gerson (Eugeniusz)), page 239 (Eugene (Eugeniusz) enrolls at Gallaudet University)
- found: Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biographies and Index to Deaf Periodicals, visited Oct. 19, 2023:(Born in Poznan, Poland; deafened by a blow from a German soldier's rifle butt in the Lodz ghetto; was a member of an insurgent group during World War II and eventually imprisoned by the Nazis; emigrated to the U.S. in 1947. First deaf person to earn a Ph.D. in English; member of the English Department faculty, Gallaudet University, until his retirement in 1996. Author and co-editor of books and co-author of a play.) - https://liblists.wrlc.org/biographies/55736
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Change Notes
- 1982-03-17: new
- 2023-10-19: revised
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