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David Herbert Donald

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American historian of the American Civil War

United StatesAcademicsLived 1920 to 2009 · aged 88
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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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Awards 5

2006Bruce Catton Prize
1996Lincoln Prize
1988Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1961Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to David 6

John Hope FranklinAlso won Lincoln PrizeDouglas Southall FreemanAlso won Pulitzer Prize for BiographyEdmund S. MorganAlso won Bruce Catton PrizeLaura E. RichardsAlso won Pulitzer Prize for BiographyRichard B. MorrisAlso won Bruce Catton PrizeIra BerlinAlso won Lincoln Prize

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2009 · aged 88
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8 languages

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