biography
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Nevins, (Joseph) Allen
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| (1890–1971)
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| Historian and journalist, born in Camp Point, Illinois, USA. He studied English at the University of Illinois (1913 MA) and began his professional career as a journalist in New York City. He taught history at Columbia University (1928–58) and was senior research associate at Huntington Library (1958–71). He twice took time out to serve as a US foreign officer (1943–6; 1965). His numerous awards include Pulitzer Prizes for Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage (1932) and Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration (1937). Known for his ground-breaking books on the Civil War, he founded Columbia's Oral History Project (1948) and was a founder of American Heritage magazine. |
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