Barbara W. Tuchman
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of The Guns of August
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American historian, journalist and author born January 30, 1912.[1] She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962) and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971).[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Barbara Wertheim
- Born
- 30 January 1912
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 6 February 1989
- Place of death
- Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- journalist
- historian
- Genre
- History
- Subject
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- American Revolution
- Edwardian era
- World War I
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Tuchman was born to banker Maurice Wertheim and Alma Morgenthau, daughter of ambassador Henry Morgenthau.[2] She was present for the pursuit of the German battle cruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau, a pivotal event in her 1962 book The Guns of August.[3] After graduation she worked as a research assistant and contributed to The Nation as a correspondent covering the Spanish Civil War.[4] In 1940 she married internist Lester R. Tuchman.[5]
Tuchman favored a literary approach to history, providing eloquent explanatory narratives.[6] Tuchman was a student at the Walden School and, in 1933, earned a Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe College.[7] After Bible and Sword came out in 1956, she committed herself fully to researching and writing history.[8] The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected her a fellow in 1978, and the following year she became the American Academy of Arts and Letters' first female president.[9]
What the cited sources add
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency noted that in 1984 Tuchman added her name to a letter objecting to German arms being sold to Saudi Arabia.[10][11]
References
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ernest Becker, "The Pulitzer Prizes | General Nonfiction", Pulitzer.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum; Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tuchman, "The guns of August", The Macmillan Company, 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum; Pace, "Barbara Tuchman Dead at 77; A Pulitzer-Winning Historian", The New York Times, February 7, 1989 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lester Tuchman, Internist and professor, 93", The New York Times, December 19, 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The words are those of Oliver B. Pollack in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, p. 1415. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum; Martin, "Walden School, At 73, Files for Bankruptcy", The New York Times, June 23, 1987; Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Oliver B. Pollack, "Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989)," in Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore (eds.), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia: Volum (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter T", American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Robertson, "Barbara Tuchman: A Loner at the Top of Her Field", The New York Times, February 27, 1979; This was the 1980 award for paperback History. From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categorie; "1980 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation", Nationalbook.org (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Jewish Groups, Writers and Artists Join in a Campaign Urging Germany to Reconsider Arms Sales to Sau", Jewish Telegraphic Agency. facts only, no text reused. jta.org
- Wikipedia, "Barbara W. Tuchman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jewish Groups, Writers and Artists Join in a Campaign Urging Germany to Reconsider Arms Sales to Sau", Jewish Telegraphic Agency (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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