Dumas Malone
American historian and writer (1892-1986) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 94
Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History.
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1986Died27 December 19861984Bruce Catton PrizeAward1983Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1975Pulitzer Prize for HistoryAward1972Wilbur Cross MedalAward1951Guggenheim FellowshipAward1923John Addison Porter PrizeAward1892Born10 January 1892
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Malone as a young professor of mathematics at Andrew College, pictured in a 1912 edition of The Atlanta Georgian![The then-Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, where Malone's office was located on the top floor for more than 25 years[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Alderman_Library%2C_UVa_%282224591912%29.jpg/330px-Alderman_Library%2C_UVa_%282224591912%29.jpg)
The then-Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, where Malone's office was located on the top floor for more than 25 years[32]
Malone pictured in the June 12, 1938, edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch during his tenure as director of the Harvard University Press
Jefferson the Virginian depicted with Samuel Chamberlain's Springtime in Virginia, from the April 25, 1948, edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Malone's gravestone at the University of Virginia Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1986 · aged 94
