George R. Stewart
George Rippey Stewart | |
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Stewart's books about U.S. highways were based on his cross-country drives of 1924, 1949 and 1950. | |
| Born | May 31, 1895 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1980 (aged 85) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Columbia University (PhD) |
George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book Pickett's Charge, a detailed history of the final attack at the Battle of Gettysburg, was termed "essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg". His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951.