Jon Meacham | |
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| Born | Jon Ellis Meacham May 20, 1969 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | University of the South (BA) |
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| Spouse |
Margaret Keith Smythe
(m. 1996) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography |
| Website | Official website |
Jon Ellis Meacham (/ˈmiːtʃəm/; born May 20, 1969) is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021. A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.