Carl Van Doren | |
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 Van Doren as the commencement speaker for the University of Kentucky in 1929 | |
| Born | Carl Clinton Van Doren September 10, 1885 Hope, Illinois, US |
| Died | July 18, 1950 (aged 64) |
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Spouses | Irita Bradford (1912–1935), Jean Wright Gorman (1939–1945) |
Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.
He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.