Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Catherine Drinker Bowen was an American biographer best known for her meticulously researched and accessible works on historical and legal figures, including "Miracle at Philadelphia" and "Yankee from Olympus."

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instanceOf biographer
human
non-fiction writer
writer
awardReceived National Book Award for Nonfiction
Philadelphia Award
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1897-01-01
dateOfDeath 1973-11-01
educatedAt Goucher College
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Drinker
fieldOfWork American history
legal history
fullName Catherine Drinker Bowen self-link
genre biography
history
legal history
givenName Catherine
hasOccupationSpecialization American jurists
United States Founding Fathers
surface form: Founding Fathers of the United States
influencedBy American constitutional history
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters
movement narrative history
notableWork Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man
John Adams (book)
surface form: John Adams and the American Revolution

Miracle at Philadelphia
The Lion and the Throne
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin
Yankee from Olympus
notedFor biographies of historical figures
biographies of legal figures
occupation author
biographer
essayist
placeOfBirth Haverford, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath Haverford, Pennsylvania
relative Henry Sturgis Drinker
Katherine Rotan Drinker
residence Pennsylvania
sexOrGender female
sibling Cecilia Beaux
spouse Ezra Bowen
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
writingStyle accessible prose
meticulously researched

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Bowen hasNotableBearer Catherine Drinker Bowen
Catherine Drinker Bowen fullName Catherine Drinker Bowen self-link