Daniel J. Boorstin
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Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987.
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George F. KennanAlso won Pulitzer Prize for History
Rita DoveAlso won Charles Frankel Prize
E. L. DoctorowAlso won National Humanities Medal
Edmund HoAlso won Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
Drew Gilpin FaustAlso won Francis Parkman Prize
J. William FulbrightAlso won honorary doctor of the University of MiamiAbout this person
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
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Lived 1914 to 2004 · aged 89
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