Frank Freidel | |
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| Born | 1916 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 25 January 1993 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA, MA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | William B. Hesseltine |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Alan Brinkley, Robert Morse Crunden |
Frank Burt Freidel Jr. (May 22, 1916 – January 25, 1993)[1][2] was an American historian, the first major biographer of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and one of the first scholars to work on his papers stored in the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York.
- ^ Pace, Eric (26 January 1993). "Frank Freidel, Biographer of F.D.R., Is Dead at 76". The New York Times.
- ^ "Former Bullitt Chair: Frank Friedel". Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. October 18, 1994. Retrieved July 8, 2015.