Don E. Fehrenbacher

Don Edward Fehrenbacher
Born(1920-08-21)August 21, 1920
DiedDecember 13, 1997(1997-12-13) (aged 77)
EducationCornell College (BA)
University of Oxford (MA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
OccupationHistory professor
Known for19th century U.S. history

Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian.[1] He wrote on politics, slavery, and Abraham Lincoln. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, his book about the Dred Scott Decision.[2] In 1977 David M. Potter's The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861, which he edited and completed, won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1997 he won the Lincoln Prize.

  1. ^ "Don E. Fehrenbacher; Pulitzer-Winning Historian at Stanford". Los Angeles Times. December 18, 1997.
  2. ^ "Pulitzer Prize-winning history Professor Don E. Fehrenbacher dies (12/97)". news.stanford.edu.