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Stephen E. Ambrose
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American historian and writer (1936–2002)
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Stephen E. Ambrose was an American historian, essayist, university teacher and biographer, born in Decatur on 10 January 1936. He was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Louisiana State University, and taught at Johns Hopkins University, the University of New Orleans, Kansas State University and the Naval War College.
His fields of work included the history of the United States, military history and biography, and his works include American Heritage History of World War II, What if?, Band of Brothers and The Cold War. Ambrose received the National Humanities Medal and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries. A member of the Congregational churches, he died of lung cancer in Bay St. Louis on 13 October 2002.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 Jan 1936
- Died
- 13 Oct 2002
- Works
- 61
Top works
- Lewis and Clark
- American Heritage History of World War II
- What if?
- Band of Brothers
- American Heritage History of World War II Lib/E
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack — Himself2001
- Shooting War — himself2000
- A History of America — Self2000
- MacArthur — Self1999
- Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery — Himself - Historian1997
- D-Day: The Total Story — Self1994
- From War to Peace — Self
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Stephen Edward Ambrose , ( 1936-01-10 ) January 10, 1936, Lovington, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- October 13, 2002 (2002-10-13) (aged 66), Bay St. Louis, Mississippi , U.S.
- Occupation
- Historian author
- Education
- University of Wisconsin–Madison ( BA , PhD ), Louisiana State University ( MA )
- Spouse
- Judith Dorlester ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; died 1965 ) Moira Buckley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Children
- 5, including Hugh Ambrose
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Decatur
- Place of death
- Bay St. Louis
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Naval War College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Congregational churches
- Field of work
- biography
- Image
- Stephen Ambrose.jpg
- Residence
- Helena
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- Commons category
- Stephen Ambrose
- date of birth
- 1936-01-10
- date of death
- 2002-10-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- interested in
- history
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history.
In 2002, several instances of plagiarism were discovered in his books. In 2010, after his death, Ambrose was found to have fabricated interviews and events in his biographies of Eisenhower.
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