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American historian and political scientist (born 1922) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Edward Leuchtenburg (/ˈlʌktənˌbɜːrɡ/ LUCK-tuhn-berg; born September 28, 1922) is an American historian. He is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,[3] and a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
William Leuchtenburg | |
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Born | William Edward Leuchtenburg September 28, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
Years active | 1953–present |
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Alma mater | |
Influences | Henry Steele Commager |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | American history |
Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Notable works | Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963) |
Leuchtenburg was born in New York City[4] on September 28, 1922. On Ken Burns' documentary series Prohibition, he described, when he was a child, how his father was reported for operating an illegal distillery during the Prohibition Era.[5] He received his BA degree in 1943 from Cornell University, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He later received his PhD from Columbia University in 1951.[6]
He won the 2007 North Carolina Award for Literature.[7]
He served as a program consultant for Ken Burns' documentary series Prohibition, which premiered on PBS in October 2011.[8]
He is a past president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Historians. Eric Foner is the only other historian to claim that distinction.
Leuchtenburg turned 100 on September 28, 2022.[9]
Leuchtenburg is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th-century history,[10] including the Bancroft Prize–winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963), a volume in the New American Nation series co-edited by his mentor Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris. His works include:
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