David Herbert Donald
David Herbert Donald | |
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| Born | October 1, 1920 Goodman, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2009 (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Millsaps College University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Biography of Abraham Lincoln |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1961, 1988) |
David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, for books about Thomas Wolfe and Charles Sumner; he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South.