Martin J. Sherwin

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author biographical book historian history book human university professor

Martin J. Sherwin was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of the biography "American Prometheus," which chronicles the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Aliases (2)

American Prometheus ×4
A World Destroyed ×3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → biographical book → historian → history book → human → university professor →
author	Kai Bird → Martin J. Sherwin → Martin J. Sherwin →
awardReceived	National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography → Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography →
coAuthorOf	American Prometheus →
coAuthorWith	Kai Bird →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1937-07-02 →
dateOfDeath	2021-10-06 →
educatedAt	Dartmouth College → University of California, Los Angeles →
employer	George Mason University → Princeton University → Tufts University →
familyName	Sherwin →
fieldOfWork	diplomatic history → history of science → nuclear history →
genre	biography → non-fiction →
givenName	Martin →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainSubject	J. Robert Oppenheimer → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
name	Martin J. Sherwin →
notableFor	scholarship on J. Robert Oppenheimer → studies of nuclear weapons policy →
notableWork	A World Destroyed → American Prometheus →
occupation	author → historian → university professor →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	University Professor at George Mason University → Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University → professor of history →
spouse	Susan Sherwin →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A World Destroyed → A World Destroyed → American Prometheus → American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer →	author
Oppenheimer (2023 film) →	basedOnAuthor
Kai Bird →	coAuthorWith
Martin J. Sherwin →	name