Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author (1912–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.[2]
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Born | Barbara Wertheim (1912-01-30)January 30, 1912 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 6, 1989(1989-02-06) (aged 77)[1] Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.[1] |
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Alma mater | Radcliffe College (BA) |
Period | 1938–1988 (writer) |
Genre | History |
Subject | Middle Ages, Renaissance, American Revolution, Edwardian era, World War I |
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Lester R. Tuchman (m. 1940) |
Children | 3 (including Jessica Mathews) |
Parents | Maurice Wertheim |
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Tuchman focused on writing popular history.