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  1. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ( / ˈʃlɛsɪndʒər / SHLESS-in-jər; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored ...

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  2. Apr 5, 2024 · Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (born October 15, 1917, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died February 28, 2007, New York, New York) was an American historian, educator, and public official whose best-known books explore the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. He served in the latter’s administration.

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  3. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. National Humanities Medal. 1998. History, it seems, is not only in the facts, but also in the genes. Or so Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., laughingly conceded recently. “I grew up in a household that was saturated with history. Not only my father, but also my mother was a historian. Her maiden name was Bancroft and she was ...

  4. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., one of the most renowned and influential historians and intellectuals of the 20th century, died February 28, 2007, after a heart attack suffered in a Manhattan restaurant where he was dining with members of his family. He was born October 15, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio.

  5. Mar 1, 2007 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian whose more than 20 books shaped discussions for two generations about America’s past and who himself was a provocative, unabashedly liberal partisan ...

  6. Nov 2, 2017 · But a generation ago in the 1990s the search for common ground in the history wars was undertaken by the leading liberal historian of his era, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., in “ The Disuniting of ...

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  8. Dec 12, 2018 · Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger was born Oct. 15, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up in Iowa City and Cambridge, Mass. He later changed his middle name to Meier and added the suffix "Jr." to honor ...

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