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William Gaddis MP (1922 - 1998)

William Thomas Gaddis, Jr . (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.[1][2] The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100...

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William Gaddis MP (1922 - 1998)

William Thomas Gaddis, Jr . (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist.[1][2] The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100...

5/8/2024

Biography Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television...

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Biography Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television...

5/5/2024

John Barth MP (1930 - 2024)

John Simmons Barth (/bɑːrθ/;[1] May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were publish...

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John Barth MP (1930 - 2024)

John Simmons Barth (/bɑːrθ/;[1] May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were publish...

5/3/2024

Annie Proulx MP

"E. Annie Proulx", "E. A. Proulx", "E.A. Proulx"

Annie Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx. She won the PEN/F...

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Annie Proulx MP

"E. Annie Proulx", "E. A. Proulx", "E.A. Proulx"

Annie Proulx is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. She has written most frequently as Annie Proulx but has also used the names E. Annie Proulx and E.A. Proulx. She won the PEN/F...

12/5/2023

Robert Nozick MP (1938 - 2002)

Nozick (/ˈnoʊzɪk/; November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher[2] who was most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for his...

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11/16/2014
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Robert Nozick MP (1938 - 2002)

Nozick (/ˈnoʊzɪk/; November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher[2] who was most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for his...

8/10/2023

Sydney Eckman Ahlstrom MP (1919 - 1984)

"S. E. Ahlstrom", "S.E. Ahlstrom"

Sydney E. Ahlstrom was an American historian. He was a Yale University professor and a specialist in the religious history of the United States. Wikipedia: Sydney E. Ahlstrom

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Sydney Eckman Ahlstrom MP (1919 - 1984)

"S. E. Ahlstrom", "S.E. Ahlstrom"

Sydney E. Ahlstrom was an American historian. He was a Yale University professor and a specialist in the religious history of the United States. Wikipedia: Sydney E. Ahlstrom

7/1/2023

Raymond Phineas Stearns MP (1904 - 1970)

Raymond Phineas Stearns was an American historian, chiefly of colonial America. His book on science in colonial America, Science in the British Colonies: 1570-1779 , won a National Book Award for Nonfi...

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Raymond Phineas Stearns MP (1904 - 1970)

Raymond Phineas Stearns was an American historian, chiefly of colonial America. His book on science in colonial America, Science in the British Colonies: 1570-1779 , won a National Book Award for Nonfi...

7/1/2023

Erik Homburger Erikson MP (1902 - 1994)

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Oscar Lewis MP (1914 - 1970)

Oscar Lewis was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national bou...

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Oscar Lewis MP (1914 - 1970)

Oscar Lewis was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national bou...

7/1/2023

Norbert Wiener MP (1894 - 1964)

American mathematician, the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with many implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the...

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Norbert Wiener MP (1894 - 1964)

American mathematician, the originator of cybernetics, a formalization of the notion of feedback, with many implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, philosophy, and the...

7/1/2023

Christopher Arthur Coney Tunnard MP (1910 - 1979)

"Christopher", "Chris"

Christopher Tunnard was a Canadian-American landscape architect, garden designer, city-planner, and author of Gardens in the Modern Landscape (1938). Sources David Jacques, Jan Woudstra, Land...

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Christopher Arthur Coney Tunnard MP (1910 - 1979)

"Christopher", "Chris"

Christopher Tunnard was a Canadian-American landscape architect, garden designer, city-planner, and author of Gardens in the Modern Landscape (1938). Sources David Jacques, Jan Woudstra, Land...

7/1/2023

Alan Brinkley MP (1949 - 2019)

Brinkley (born June 2, 1949) is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University, where he was also Provost 2003–2009. He was denied tenure at Harvard University in 1986 despite being an aw...

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Alan Brinkley MP (1949 - 2019)

Brinkley (born June 2, 1949) is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University, where he was also Provost 2003–2009. He was denied tenure at Harvard University in 1986 despite being an aw...

6/30/2023

Barbara W. Tuchman MP (1912 - 1989)

Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She became widely known first for The Guns of August (later August 1914), a best-selling history ...

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Barbara W. Tuchman MP (1912 - 1989)

Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She became widely known first for The Guns of August (later August 1914), a best-selling history ...

6/30/2023

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger ) was an American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant, and politician who served as United States secretary of state and national ...

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger ) was an American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant, and politician who served as United States secretary of state and national ...

6/30/2023

Edmund Morris MP (1940 - 2019)

"Edmund Morris"

Edmund Morris was an American-South African writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents. His 1979 book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and ...

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Edmund Morris MP (1940 - 2019)

"Edmund Morris"

Edmund Morris was an American-South African writer, known for his biographies of U.S. Presidents. His 1979 book The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and ...

6/30/2023

Lauren Bacall MP (1924 - 2014)

"Baby"

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in The Bronx, New York City. She was an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks...

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Lauren Bacall MP (1924 - 2014)

"Baby"

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in The Bronx, New York City. She was an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks...

6/30/2023

David McCullough MP (1933 - 2022)

David Gaub McCullough David McCullough Wikipedia Page Find A Grave Memorial ID # 242442647 McCullough was an American author, narrator, historian and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the ...

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David McCullough MP (1933 - 2022)

David Gaub McCullough David McCullough Wikipedia Page Find A Grave Memorial ID # 242442647 McCullough was an American author, narrator, historian and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the ...

6/30/2023

Irving Howe MP (1920 - 1993)

Howe (/haʊ/; June 11, 1920 – May 5, 1993) was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.Contents [show] Early years[edit] Howe was born as Ir...

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Irving Howe MP (1920 - 1993)

Howe (/haʊ/; June 11, 1920 – May 5, 1993) was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.Contents [show] Early years[edit] Howe was born as Ir...

6/30/2023

David Brion Davis MP (1927 - 2019)

David Brion Davis was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, ...

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David Brion Davis MP (1927 - 2019)

David Brion Davis was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, ...

6/30/2023

Douglas Turner Day, III MP (1932 - 2004)

Douglas Day was an American novelist, biographer, scholar, and critic. He was a popular professor of English literature at the University of Virginia, where he taught for almost four decades. His stud...

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Douglas Turner Day, III MP (1932 - 2004)

Douglas Day was an American novelist, biographer, scholar, and critic. He was a popular professor of English literature at the University of Virginia, where he taught for almost four decades. His stud...

6/30/2023