Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)
Author of Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
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Works by Catherine Drinker Bowen
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (1966) 1,665 copies
The Story of the Oak Tree 1 copy
On Being a Biographer 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Legal name
- Drinker, Catherine Shober (birth)
- Other names
- Bowen, Mrs. Ezra
- Birthdate
- 1897-01-01
- Date of death
- 1973-11-01
- Burial location
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA(birth ∙ death)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA - Education
- Peabody Conservatory of Music
Juilliard School of Music - Occupations
- biographer
historian - Relationships
- Bullitt, Ernesta Drinker (sister)
Drinker, Henry Sturgis (father)
Drinker, Henry (brother)
Drinker, Catherine Ann (aunt)
Beaux, Cecilia (aunt) - Organizations
- Bread Loaf School of English
- Awards and honors
- Women's National Book Association Annual Award (1962)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1963)
National Book Award (1958)
American Philosophical Society (1958)
Philadelphia Award (1957)
Henry M. Phillips Prize (1957) (show all 7)
Athenaeum Literary Award (1957)
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- ISBNs
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