birth_place fields name birth_date article_title birth_name
istanbul history , sexology thomas w. laqueur 06 september 1945 thomas w. laqueur
 thomas walter laqueur
thomas w. laqueur

thomas w. laqueur -lrb- born 1945 -rrb- is an american historian , sexologist and writer .
he is the author of `` solitary sex : a cultural history of masturbation '' and `` making sex : body and gender from the greeks to freud '' as well as many articles and reviews .
he is the winner of the andrew w. mellon foundation 's 2007 distinguished achievement award , and is professor of history at the university of california , berkeley , located in berkeley , california .
