About Herbert S. Klein
Born 1936. Herbert S. Klein is a historian.
Herbert S. Klein (born January 6, 1936) is an American historian. He is the Gouveneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University.
In February 2020 the El Colegio de México awarded the Alfonso Reyes International Prize to Herbert S. Klein. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980. In 2022, Klein served as the curator for the Latin American Collection of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.
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Herbert S. Klein was born on 6 January 1936 in New York City.
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