Charles Van Doren
1926 - 2019
General Information
Bio
(1926-2019) Author. Charles Van Doren was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Canaan, Connecticut.
Full Name
Charles Van Doren
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Van Doren attended the City and Country School and was a graduate of the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, New York.
1926
BIRTH
Charles Lincoln Van Doren was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 12, 1926.
1949
OTHER
Mr. Van Doren received a master's degree in mathematics from Columbia University in 1949.
1959
OTHER
Mr. Van Doren taught English at Columbia University and received a doctorate in literature in 1959.
1967
LITWORK
The Idea of Progress
F. A. Praeger
Nonfiction.
F. A. Praeger
Nonfiction.
1969
LITWORK
The Negro in American History Volume 1 Black Americans 1928-1968
Enclyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
Enclyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
1969
LITWORK
The Negro in American History I. Black Americans 1928-1968; II. A Taste of Freed
Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp.
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp.
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
1969
LITWORK
The Negro In American History, Volume III. Slaves and Masters 1567-1854
Enclyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
Enclyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
1977
LITWORK
Great Treasury of Western Thought
Libraries Unlimited
0835208338 / 9780835208338
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
Libraries Unlimited
0835208338 / 9780835208338
Nonfiction co-edited with Mortimer J. Adler.
1980
LITWORK
Shakespeare: Reading and Talking
Spring Hill Center
0932676200 / 978-0932676207
Nonfiction.
Spring Hill Center
0932676200 / 978-0932676207
Nonfiction.
1984
LITWORK
Webster's American Biographies
Merriam Webster
9780877792536
Biography, co-edited with Robert McHenry.
Merriam Webster
9780877792536
Biography, co-edited with Robert McHenry.
1985
LITWORK
The Joy of Reading
Harmony
0517555808 / 978-0517555804
Nonfiction.
Harmony
0517555808 / 978-0517555804
Nonfiction.
1991
LITWORK
A History of Knowledge
Citadel
1559720379 / 978-1559720373
Nonfiction.
Citadel
1559720379 / 978-1559720373
Nonfiction.
2013
LITWORK
The Lion of Cortona: A Novel of the Middle Ages (three volumes)
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
9781484989647
Novel.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
9781484989647
Novel.
2019
DEATH
Charles Van Doren died at Geer Village, a retirement community, near his home in Cornwall, Connecticut, on April 9, 2019.
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