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(1890-1971) Historian, journalist. Allan Nevins was born near Camp Point, Illinois, and died in Menlo Park, California.

Full Name

Allan Nevins

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline


1890

BIRTH

Allan Nevins was born near Camp Point, Illinois, on May 20, 1890.

1922

LITWORK

The Evening Post: A Century Of Journalism
Classic Books
0742642682 / 978-0742642683
History.

1923

LITWORK

American Social History As Recorded By British Travellers
Henry Holt and Company

History.

1924

LITWORK

The American States During And After The Revolution, 1775-1789
Augustus M Kelley Pubs
0678005109 / 978-0678005101
History.

1927

OTHER

Allan Nevins taught at Cornell University for a year.

1928

OTHER

Allan Nevins taught at Columbia University from 1928 to 1958.

1932

LITWORK

Grover Cleveland: A Study In Courage
Dodd, Mead

Biography, a 1933 winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

1934

LITWORK

History of the Bank of New York and Trust Company, 1784-1934
Private printing.

History.

1936

LITWORK

Hamilton Fish: The Inner History Of The Grant Administration
Dodd, Mead & Company

Biography, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.

1938

LITWORK

The Gateway to History


History.

1942

LITWORK

America: The Story of a Free People
Little, Brown and Company
0198730187 / 978-0198730187
History, written with Henry Steele Commager.

1947

LITWORK

Ordeal of the Union
Scribner

History, in eight volumes published from 1947 to 1971.

1953

LITWORK

John D Rockefeller: A Study In Power
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons

History.

1971

DEATH

Allan Nevins died in Menlo Park, California, on March 5, 1971.

1971

INTERMENT

Allan Nevins is interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.

1971

INTERMENT

Allan Nevins is interred at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.

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