Memorial Page for Daniel J. Boorstin
Oct 1, 1914 – Feb 28, 2004(89 years)Died in:Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
American historian
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Daniel J. Boorstin (* October 1, 1914 in Atlanta; † February 28, 2004 in Washington, D.C.) was an american historian. He was 89 years old. His education included Harvard College, Balliol College, Yale Law School, Central High School and Harvard University. He received 9 awards, including National Humanities Medal, Watson, Helen, Miles, and Audrey Davis Prize. His cause of death was pneumonia.
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11 EventsBorn in Atlanta, Fulton County
1914Rhodes Scholarship
1934Bancroft Prize
1959Francis Parkman Prize
1966National Museum of American History
1969until 1973
Pulitzer Prize for History
1974The Americans: The Democratic Experience
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
1985Watson, Helen, Miles, and Audrey Davis Prize
1986Charles Frankel Prize
1989honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1992Died in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia (pneumonia)
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Daniel J. Boorstin. Forever remembered.