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Will Durant (1885–1981)

Author of The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

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Will Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1885. He received an undergraduate degree at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. His first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem, was published in 1917. His other works include The Story of Philosophy, The Mansions of Philosophy, and the ten-volume The Story of Civilization. By the time the seventh volume was published in 1961, his wife Ariel Durant was listed as a coauthor for her diligent assistance on the project. In 1968 they received the Pulitzer Prize for Rousseau and Revolution. The husband and wife team also wrote A Dual Autobiography in 1977. He died on November 7, 1981. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Histoire de la civilisation - Tome 13 L'age de la foi 1 copy
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islam medeniyeti 1 copy
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Durant, William James
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Date of birth
1885-11-05
Date of death
1981-11-07
Burial location
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthplace
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Los Angeles, California, USA
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Education
Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917)
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historian
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Durant, Ariel (wife)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
Ferrer Modern School
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Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Pulitzer Prize (literature | 1967)
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