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(1917-2007) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1917 and died in Manhattan, New York in 2007. He was an American historian, author of several books, and twice Pulitzer Prize winner.

Full Name

Arthur M Schlesinger Jr

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1917

BIRTH

Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1917. He later took the name Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr.

1938

LITWORK

Orestes A. Brownson: A Pilgrim's Progress
Little, Brown

1945

LITWORK

Age of Jackson


The 1946 Pulitzer Prize winner for history.

1949

LITWORK

The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom

1957

LITWORK

The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933


The first book of "The Age of Roosevelt."

1959

LITWORK

The Coming of the New Deal


Second book of "The Age Of Roosevelt."

1960

LITWORK

The Politics of Upheaval


Third book of "The Age of Roosevelt."

1966

OTHER

Schlesinger began teaching at the City University of New York in 1966 as Albert Schweitzer professor of the humanities.

1966

LITWORK

A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award in 1966.

1978

LITWORK

Robert Kennedy and His Times

2000

LITWORK

A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950


Memoirs.

2004

LITWORK

War and the American Presidency

2007

DEATH

Arthur Schlesinger died in Manhattan, New York in 2007.

2007

INTERMENT

Arthur Schlesinger was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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