Historians Douglas Southall Freeman

Douglas Southall Freeman

Living place: Virginia

Birthday: 16-5-1886

Global rank: #81454

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Who is Historians Douglas Southall Freeman?
An American historian, author, and Pulitzer Prize recipient, he is known for his biography George Washington and Robert E. Lee. He also had a three-decade-long career as editor of The Richmond News Leader.
He is one of the leading experts on the history of the Confederacy and has written many books on the subject.
 
 

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He earned his doctorate in history from Johns Hopkins University at the age of twenty-two.

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He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and he later moved to Richmond, Virginia. With his wife, Inez Goddin (whom he married in 1914), he had three children.

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He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1935 for his four-volume biography Robert E. Lee.

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Douglas Southall Freeman was born in 16-5-1886, death year is , at the age of 138.
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Douglas Southall Freeman was born in Virginia, . is a Historians, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Douglas Southall Freeman's global rank is 81454 and whose rank is 52 in list of famous Historians.
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Events in 1886 and 16-5

Birthday Douglas Southall Freeman (16-5) in history

  • Day 16-5 year 1770: Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI, who later became king of France.
  • Day 16-5 year 1868: The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.
  • Day 16-5 year 1929: The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.
  • Day 16-5 year 1946: The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.
  • Day 16-5 year 1975: Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.
  • Day 16-5 year 1991: Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
  • Day 16-5 year 1997: President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.
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