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Samuel Flagg Bemis

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American historian (1891-1973)

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Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes. Jerald A.

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First page of the readings list for Bemis's diplomatic course at Yale, Fall 1949First page of the readings list for Bemis's diplomatic course at Yale, Fall 1949

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1954Guggenheim Fellowship
1950Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1927Pulitzer Prize for History
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history. He was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes. Jerald A. Combs says he was "the greatest of all historians of early American diplomacy."

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1891 to 1973 · aged 81
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9 languages

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