Michel Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel Thomas

American linguist and language teacher

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2005

Profession: linguist, language teacher

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Michel Thomas (born Moniek Kroskof, February 3, 1914 – January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist, and decorated war veteran.
He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S.
Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II.
After the war, Thomas emigrated to the United States, where he developed a language-teaching system known as the "Michel Thomas method".
In 2004 he was awarded the Silver Star by the U.S.
Army.