About Hilail Gildin
Lived 1928 – 2015 (aged 86). Hilail Gildin was an American political scientist.
Hilail Gildin (November 28, 1928 – March 3, 2015) was an American scholar and editor. He served as professor of philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York.
He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1962 by the University of Chicago, where he was a student of Leo Strauss, with whom Gildin collaborated closely in the establishment of the journal Interpretation.
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Who was Hilail Gildin?
American academic (1928–2015)
When was Hilail Gildin born?
Hilail Gildin was born on 28 November 1928 in Poland.
When did Hilail Gildin die?
Hilail Gildin died on 3 March 2015 in Manhattan.
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Hilail Gildin was a political scientist.
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Hilail Gildin was American.
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