Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007)
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National mehr anzeigen Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., 1917 - 2007 U.S. historian Arthur Schlesinger was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1917 and was educated at Harvard University. Schlesinger was an associate professor of history at Harvard from 1946-1954 and professor from 1954-1961. He was a campaign staff member for the Democratic presidential candidates in 1952, 1956 and 1960. When John F. Kennedy took office after the 1960 campaign, he appointed Schlesinger special assistant. He resigned, in 1964, after Kennedy's assassination and then became professor of Humanities at the City University of New York in 1967. Schlesinger wrote an account of the Kennedy administration titled "A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House" (1965), which won the Pulitzer Prize for a biography in 1966. He also wrote "The Age of Jackson" (1945), which won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1946, "The Age of Roosevelt" (3 vol., 1957-60), "The Politics of Hope" (1963), "The Bitter Heritage" (1967), "The Imperial Presidency" (1973), "Robert Kennedy and His Times" (1978), and "The Cycles of American History" (1986). He died on February 28, 2007 at the age of 89 (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.
- Andere Namen
- Schlesinger, Arthur Bancroft (birth)
- Geburtstag
- 1917-10-15
- Todestag
- 2007-02-28
- Begräbnisort
- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Sterbeort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Todesursache
- heart attack
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Ausbildung
- Harvard University (AB|1938)
Cambridge University (Peterhouse College)
Philips Exeter Academy - Berufe
- historian
social critic
public intellectual
political activist
author - Beziehungen
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Sr. (father)
Schlesinger, Marian Cannon (wife|divorced)
Schlesinger, Stephen C. (son)
Schlesinger, Andrew (son)
Kinderman, Katharine S. (daughter)
Schlesinger, Robert (son) - Organisationen
- Office of Strategic Services (1943-45)
Harvard University
Americans for Democratic Action
CUNY Graduate Center - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Pulitzer Prize (1946 and 1966)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955)
Bancroft Prize (1958)
Francis Parkman Prize (1958)
National Book Award (1966 and 1979)
Golden Plate Award (1978) (Zeige alle 11)
American Philosophical Society (1987)
National Humanities Medal (1998)
Four Freedoms Award (2003)
Paul Peck Award (2006)
Niebuhr Medal (2006) - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
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