James Thomas Flexner

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James Carey Thomas Flexner

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Birthplace: 105 E 62nd St, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death: February 13, 2003 (95)
At his apartment home, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Simon Flexner, M.D. and Helen Whitall Thomas
Husband of Beatrice Hudson
Father of Helen Hudson Flexner
Brother of William Welch Flexner

Occupation: American historian and biographer
Managed by: Mila Rechcigl, Ph.D.
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About James Thomas Flexner

James Thomas Flexner (January 13, 1908 – February 13, 2003) was an American historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of George Washington that earned him a National Book Award in Biography and a special Pulitzer Prize. His one-volume abridgment, Washington: The Indispensable Man (1974) was the basis of two television miniseries broadcast in the mid-1980s starring Barry Bostwick as Washington.

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James Thomas Flexner's Timeline

1908
January 13, 1908
105 E 62nd St, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
1953
1953
2003
February 13, 2003
Age 95
At his apartment home, Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States
February 13, 2003
Age 95