Jean Edward Smith
Jean Edward Smith | |
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| Born | October 13, 1932 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 2019 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B., 1954) Columbia University (Ph.D., 1964) |
| Occupation(s) | Biographer, academic |
Jean Edward Smith (October 13, 1932 – September 1, 2019) was a biographer and the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at
professor emeritus at the University of Toronto after having served as professor of political economy there for thirty-five years. Smith was also on the faculty of the Master of American History and Government program at Ashland University.[2]
The winner of the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Smith was called "today’s foremost biographer of formidable figures in American history."[1][3]
Education and military service
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A graduate of
Ph.D. from the Department of Public Law and Government of Columbia University
.
Career
Smith began his teaching career as
University of California at San Diego, and Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He died on September 1, 2019, from complications of Parkinson's disease with his family by his side.[5][6]
Bibliography
Smith won the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
for Grant, his 2001 biography.
- The Defense of Berlin. Baltimore: LCCN 63-17670)
- The Wall as Watershed. Arlington, Virginia: Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966.
- Germany Beyond the Wall: People, Politics, and Prosperity. Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.
- The Papers of Lucius D. Clay: Germany, 1945-1949. (ed.) Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1974.
- The Evolution of NATO with Four Plausible Threat Scenarios. (with Steven L. Canby), Ottawa, Canada: Canada Department of National Defence, 1987.
- The Conduct of American Foreign Policy Debated. (with Herbert Levine) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990.
- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Debated. (with Herbert Levine) 1988. (ISBN 013134966X)
- The Constitution and American Foreign Policy.
- Lucius D. Clay: An American Life. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. (ISBN 080500999X)
- George Bush's War. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1992. (ISBN 0805013881)
- John Marshall: Definer of a Nation. New York: Henry, Holt & Company, 1996. (ISBN 080501389X)
- The Face of Justice: Portraits of ISBN 0965388816)
- Grant. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. (ISBN 0684849267)
- FDR. New York: Random House, 2007. (ISBN 9781400061211)
- Eisenhower in War and Peace. New York: Random House, 2012. (ISBN 9781400066933)
- Bush. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. (ISBN 9781476741192)[7]
- The Liberation of Paris: How ISBN 9781501164927)
References
- ^ a b "Jean Edward Smith". Marshall University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Jean Edward Smith". Ashland University. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Biography or Autobiography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Jean Edward Smith Papers". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04.
- ^ Seelye, Katherine Q. (September 13, 2019). "Jean Edward Smith, Biographer of the Underrated, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Ingram, Sarah (September 10, 2019). "Nationally recognized author with Marshall connections dies". The Parthenon. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Baker, Peter (July 3, 2016). "Review: 'Bush,' a Biography as Scathing Indictment". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
