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Burton J. Hendrick

バートン・ジェイ・ヘンドリック

Bāton J. Hendrick

Aliases: Burton Jesse Hendrick

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1870-12-08 (New Haven, Connecticut)
Died
1949-03-23 age 78
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
author, editor, journalist, muckraker
Active Years
1895-1949
Affiliations
The Yale Courant, The Yale Literary Magazine, New Haven Morning News, McClure's Magazine, World's Work

Education

Yale University
Degree: BA, MA
Year of Graduation: 1897
Country: United States

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History
1921
Work: The Victory at Sea
Organization: Columbia University
Result: winner
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
1923
Work: The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
Organization: Columbia University
Result: winner
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
1929
Work: The Training of an American
Organization: Columbia University
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Victory at Sea

1920 History

Account of the U.S. Navy's role in World War I.

NavyWorld War I

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page

1923 Biography

Biography of Walter H. Page.

BiographyDiplomacy

The Training of an American

1928 Biography

Earlier life and letters of Walter H. Page.

BiographyAmerican history

Bibliography

  • Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
  • The Victory at Sea
  • The Age of Big Business
  • The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
  • The Jews in America
  • William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work
  • The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page
  • The Life of Andrew Carnegie
  • The Lees of Virginia: Biography of a Family
  • Bulwark of the Republic: A Biography of the Constitution
  • Statesmen of the Lost Cause: Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet
  • Lincoln's War Cabinet

Legacy

American historian and biographer who won the Pulitzer Prize three times. Known for biographies of industrialists and statesmen.

Archives

  • Yale University Library (Burton Jesse Hendrick Papers, MS 1980)