David Herbert Donald | |
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Born | October 1, 1920 Goodman, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | May 17, 2009 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 88)
Education | Millsaps College University of Illinois |
Occupation | Historian |
Known for | Biography of Abraham Lincoln |
Awards | Pulitzer 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.