Will Durant

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essayist historian human lecturer philosopher writer

Will Durant was an American historian and philosopher best known for co-authoring the multi-volume work "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.

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Will Durant canonical 4

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ
coAuthor Ariel Durant ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1885-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1981-11-07 ⓘ
describedBySource The Story of Civilization ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Saint Peter's University ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter's College
familyName Durant ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName William James Durant ⓘ
genre history writing ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
popular philosophy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement humanism ⓘ
notableAwardWork Rousseau and Revolution ⓘ
notableWork Caesar and Christ ⓘ
Our Oriental Heritage ⓘ
Rousseau and Revolution ⓘ
The Age of Faith ⓘ
The Age of Louis XIV ⓘ
The Age of Napoleon ⓘ
The Age of Reason Begins ⓘ
The Age of Voltaire ⓘ
The Lessons of History ⓘ
The Life of Greece ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
surface form: The Reformation

The Renaissance ⓘ
The Story of Civilization ⓘ
The Story of Philosophy ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partnerInWork Ariel Durant ⓘ
placeOfBirth North Adams, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ariel Durant ⓘ

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Ariel Durant → coAuthorWith → Will Durant ⓘ
Albert and Charles Boni → notableAuthorPublished → Will Durant ⓘ