Tyler Dennett

Tyler Dennett
BornJune 13, 1883
DiedDecember 29, 1949
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWilliams College (BA)
Union Theological Sem. (BD)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • educator
  • writer
Tyler Dennett
3rd Department of State Historian
In office
1924–1931
Preceded byHarry Dwight
Succeeded byDavid Hunter Miller

Tyler Dennett (June 13, 1883 Spencer, Wisconsin – December 29, 1949 in Geneva, New York)[1][2] was an American historian and educator. He received the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his 1933 book John Hay: From Poetry to Politics.

  1. ^ Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary
  2. ^ 'Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners,' pg. 16, 1999