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Bernard Bailyn

American historian (1922-2020) · United States · Writers · Died at 97

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Bernard Bailyn was an American historian, author, and academic specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1953. Bailyn won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice. In 1998 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected him for the Jefferson Lecture.

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2020Died7 August 20202010Honorary Doctorate from Columbia UniversityAwardNational Humanities MedalAward2000Bruce Catton PrizeAward1998Jefferson LectureAward1991Honorary Doctor of the Dartmouth CollegeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ChicagoAward1987Pulitzer Prize for HistoryAward1984Honorary Doctorate of Trinity College, DublinAward1976Honorary Doctor of Fordham UniversityAwardHonorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward1975Honorary Doctor of the Clark UniversityAward1968Bancroft PrizeAwardHonorary Doctorate from Bard CollegeAwardPulitzer Prize for HistoryAward1922Born10 September 1922

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Awards

National Humanities Medal2010
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University2010
Bruce Catton Prize2000
Jefferson Lecture1998
Henry Allen Moe Prize1994
Honorary Doctor of the Dartmouth College1991
Honorary Doctor of the University of Chicago1991
Pulitzer Prize for History1987
Honorary Doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin1984
Honorary Doctor of Fordham University1976
Honorary Doctor of Yale University1976
National Book Award1975
Honorary Doctor of the Clark University1975
Pulitzer Prize for History1968
Bancroft Prize1968
Honorary Doctorate from Bard College1968
Harvard Centennial Medal
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctor of Rutgers University

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Bernard Bailyn was an American historian, author, and academic specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1953. Bailyn won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice. In 1998 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected him for the Jefferson Lecture. He was a recipient of the 2010 National Humanities Medal.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2020 · aged 97

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