Douglas Brinkley | |
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Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | December 14, 1960
Occupation | Historian |
Alma mater | The Ohio State University (BA) Georgetown University (MA, PhD) |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities,[1] and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair.[2] He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007.[3] Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.[4]