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James MacGregor Burns
American historian and political scientist (1918-2014) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 95
James MacGregor Burns was an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and authority on leadership studies.
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He was the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1971 Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in History and Biography for his work on America's 32nd president, Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom.
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