Daniel J. Boorstin
American historian
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. Wikipedia
Born: October 1, 1914, Atlanta, GA
Died: February 28, 2004 (age 89 years), Washington, D.C.
Education: Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, and more
Spouse: Ruth Frankel Boorstin (m. 1941–2004)
Award: Pulitzer Prize for History (1974)
Children: Jon Boorstin
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