David McCullough
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David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.[1][2]
McCullough was born on July 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was of Scottish-Irish descent. He studied at Shady Side Academy and at Yale University. In 1954, McCullough married Rosalee Ingram Barnes. They had five children. Barnes died in June 2022.[3]
McCullough taught a writing course at Wesleyan University and was a visiting scholar at Cornell University and Dartmouth College.[4]
McCullough died at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts on August 7, 2022 at the age of 89.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ↑ Sherman, Jerome L (2006-12-16). "Presidential biographer gets presidential medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ↑ "Rosalee Barnes McCullough". Martha's Vineyard Times. June 21, 2022. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ↑ Taylor, Claire. "History is Human: An Interview with writer and historian David McCullough". The Harborlight. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ↑ Italie, Hillel (August 8, 2022). "David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89". Associated Press. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
Other websites
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- David McCullough at Simon and Schuster
- Booknotes interview with McCullough on Truman, July 19, 1992. Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- In Depth interview with McCullough, December 2, 2001
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