# James Thomas Flexner

> James Thomas Flexner was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award 
in Biography and a special Pulitzer Prize. His one-volume abridgment, Washington: the Indispensable Man (1974) was the basis of two television miniseries, George Washington (1984) and George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986), starring Barry Bostwick as Washington.

*American biographer (1908-2003)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1908-01-13
- **Died:** 2003-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

James Thomas Flexner was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award 
in Biography and a special Pulitzer Prize. His one-volume abridgment, Washington: the Indispensable Man (1974) was the basis of two television miniseries, George Washington (1984) and George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986), starring Barry Bostwick as Washington.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.7

## Timeline
- **2003** - Died
- **1973** - National Book Award
- **1973** - Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
- **1963** - Francis Parkman Prize
- **1953** - Guggenheim Fellowship
- **1908** - Born

## Sources
- [James Thomas Flexner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thomas_Flexner)
- [جيمس توماس فليكسنر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15452860)

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