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Jon Meacham

American journalist and biographer · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1969 · age 57

Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021.

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National Humanities Medal2022
Pulitzer Prize for Biography2009

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A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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Living
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Born 1969 · age 57

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