David Herbert Donald
American historian of the American Civil War · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1920 to 2009 · aged 88
David Herbert Donald was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, for books about Thomas Wolfe and Charles Sumner; he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South.
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2009Died17 May 20092006Bruce Catton PrizeAward1996Lincoln PrizeAward1988Pulitzer Prize for BiographyAward1961Pulitzer Prize for BiographyAward1920Born1 October 1920
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Academics
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Lived 1920 to 2009 · aged 88
