Peter Gay was an American historian and cultural critic, born on June 20, 1923, and died on May 12, 2015. He is renowned for his extensive research in the cultural history of 18th-century Europe, and his works have had a profound impact on subsequent generations.
Source: The Bridge of Criticism; Dialogues Among Lucian, Erasmus, and Voltaire on the Enlightenment: --on History and Hope, Imagination and Reason, Constraint and Freedom--and on Its Meaning for Our Time
