Sigmund Livingston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigmund Livingston

Attorney, founder of the Anti-Defamation League

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1872

Place of Birth: Gießen, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1946

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sigmund G.
Livingston (December 27, 1872 – June 13, 1946) was a German-born American Jewish attorney working in Chicago, Illinois.
Livingston was the founder and first president of the Anti-Defamation League, and the author of the book Must Men Hate (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1944).
The League's annual Sigmund Livingston Award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to furthering civil rights and fighting injustice, is named after him, as is its Sigmund Livingston Fellowship.