Daniel Boorstin

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Daniel Boorstin was an influential American historian, professor, and Librarian of Congress known for his wide-ranging works on American history and culture, including "The Americans" trilogy.

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instanceOf Librarian of Congress
human
professor
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy
appointedBy Gerald Ford NERFINISHED
awardReceived National Book Award NERFINISHED
Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-10-01
dateOfDeath 2004-02-28
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Harvard University
Yale Law School
employer Library of Congress NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
endTime 1987
familyName Boorstin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork American history
cultural history
social history
fullName Daniel Joseph Boorstin NERFINISHED
genre history
nonfiction
givenName Daniel NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED
American Philosophical Society
notableWork The Americans: The Colonial Experience NERFINISHED
The Americans: The Democratic Experience NERFINISHED
The Americans: The National Experience NERFINISHED
The Creators NERFINISHED
The Discoverers NERFINISHED
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America NERFINISHED
The Seekers NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 3
occupation Librarian of Congress NERFINISHED
historian
professor
writer
placeOfBirth Atlanta, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld Librarian of Congress NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
spouse Ruth Frankel Boorstin NERFINISHED
startTime 1975

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