Walter Lord | |
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![]() Lord in 1958 | |
Born | John Walter Lord Jr. October 8, 1917 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | May 19, 2002 Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 84)
Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
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Education | Princeton University (AB) Yale University (LLB) |
Period | 1952โ1986 |
Genre | Narrative history |
Notable awards | Francis Parkman Prize for Special Achievement (1994)[1] |
John Walter Lord Jr. (October 8, 1917 โ May 19, 2002) was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember.