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Biography of Daniel J. Boorstin
1. Oct 1914 – 28. Feb 2004(89 years)Died in:Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
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Daniel J. Boorstin (* 1. October 1914 in Atlanta; † 28. February 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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Born in Atlanta, Fulton County
1934
Rhodes Scholarship
1959
Bancroft Prize
1966
Francis Parkman Prize
1969
National Museum of American History
until 1973
1974
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Americans: The Democratic Experience
1985
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
1986
Watson, Helen, Miles, and Audrey Davis Prize
1989
Charles Frankel Prize
1992
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
2004