James H. Billington (1929–2018)
Author of The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretative History of Russian Culture (Vintage)
About the Author
James Hadley Billington was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1929. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1950 and a doctorate from Oxford University in 1953. He joined the Army and became a first lieutenant. He taught Russian history at Harvard University from 1957 show more to 1962 and at Princeton University from 1962 to 1974. As director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from 1973 to 1987, he founded the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and The Wilson Quarterly. He was the librarian of Congress from 1987 until 2015. He wrote six books on Russia and revolutionary traditions. His books included Mikhailovsky and Russian Populism; The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretive History of Russian Culture; Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith; Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope, August 1991; The Face of Russia; and Russia in Search of Itself. He died from complications of pneumonia on November 20, 2018 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by James H. Billington
The Icon and the Axe: An Interpretative History of Russian Culture (Vintage) (1966) — Author — 474 copies
An Architectural Alphabet 2 copies
Associated Works
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributor — 429 copies
Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by… (2005) — Foreword, some editions — 6 copies
The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States : A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age (2010) — Foreword, some editions — 5 copies
Capturing Analog Sound for Digital Preservation : Report of a Roundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Transferring… (2006) — Foreword, some editions — 3 copies
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- Billington, James Hadley
- Birthdate
- 1929-06-01
- Date of death
- 2018-11-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Education
- Lower Merion High School
Princeton University
Balliol College, Oxford - Occupations
- librarian
historian - Organizations
- Harvard University
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies
Library of Congress (Librarian, 1987- 2015) - Awards and honors
- Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France
Commander of the National Order of the Southern Cross of Brazil
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Chingiz Aitmatov Gold Medal
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