Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose
Ambrose in August 2001
Born	Stephen Edward Ambrose (1936-01-10)January 10, 1936 Lovington, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 13, 2002(2002-10-13) (aged 66) Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation	Historian author
Education	University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA, PhD) Louisiana State University (MA)
Spouse	Judith Dorlester ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1965)​ Moira Buckley ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	5, including Hugh Ambrose[1]

Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history.

In 2002, several instances of plagiarism were discovered in his books. In 2010, after his death, Ambrose was found to have fabricated interviews and events in his biographies of Eisenhower.