Daniel J. Boorstin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 20 years ago |
Date of birth | October 1,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Atlanta |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 28,2004 |
Died | Washington |
D. C. | |
United States | |
Children | Jon Boorstin |
Paul Boorstin | |
David Boorstin | |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
Bancroft Prize | |
Spouse | Ruth Frankel Boorstin |
Books | The Discoverers |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 877000 |
Daniel J. Boorstin Life story
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987.