David McCullough

David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.

McCullough was born on July 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was of Scottish-Irish descent. He studied at Shady Side Academy and at Yale University. In 1954, McCullough married Rosalee Ingram Barnes. They had five children. Barnes died in June 2022.

McCullough taught a writing course at Wesleyan University and was a visiting scholar at Cornell University and Dartmouth College.

McCullough died at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts on August 7, 2022 at the age of 89.

References

↑ "Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
↑ Sherman, Jerome L (2006-12-16). "Presidential biographer gets presidential medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
↑ "Rosalee Barnes McCullough". Martha's Vineyard Times. June 21, 2022. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
↑ Taylor, Claire. "History is Human: An Interview with writer and historian David McCullough". The Harborlight. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
↑ Italie, Hillel (August 8, 2022). "David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89". Associated Press. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

Other websites

David McCullough at Simon and Schuster
Booknotes interview with McCullough on Truman, July 19, 1992. Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
In Depth interview with McCullough, December 2, 2001

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[SSbio-1] "Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

[PresBio-2] Sherman, Jerome L (2006-12-16). "Presidential biographer gets presidential medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2006-12-18.

[3] "Rosalee Barnes McCullough". Martha's Vineyard Times. June 21, 2022. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.

[4] Taylor, Claire. "History is Human: An Interview with writer and historian David McCullough". The Harborlight. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

[Italie-5] Italie, Hillel (August 8, 2022). "David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89". Associated Press. Retrieved August 8, 2022.