David Herbert Donald

David Herbert Donald
BornOctober 1, 1920
DiedMay 17, 2009(2009-05-17) (aged 88)
EducationMillsaps College
University of Illinois
OccupationHistorian
Known forBiography of Abraham Lincoln
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Biography (1961, 1988)

David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for earlier works; he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South.