Life and Education
Eric Lawrence Gans was born in Bronx, New York on August 21, 1941. He received a B.A. in French (Summa cum laude) from Columbia College in 1960. Going on to graduate work in Romance languages at Johns Hopkins University, he received his M.A. in 1961 and a Ph.D in 1966. After two years as an Assistant Professor at Indiana University, he went on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1969. In 1978, he served at Johns Hopkins University as a visiting Professor. He continues his teaching, research, and writing today as a Professor of French at UCLA.
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