John Freely | |
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Born | 26 June 1926 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | 20 April 2017 (aged 90) |
Resting place | Feriköy Protestant Cemetery, Istanbul |
Education | New York University |
Partner | Dolores "Toots" Stanley |
Children | Maureen, Eileen, Brendan |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Boğaziçi University |
John Freely (26 June 1926 – 20 April 2017[1]) was an American physicist, teacher, and author of popular travel and history books on Istanbul, Athens, Venice, Turkey, Greece, and the Ottoman Empire.
He was the father of writer and Turko-English literary translator Maureen Freely.[2]