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Will Durant (1885–1981)

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

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Canonical name
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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
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Education
Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917)
Occupations
historian
writer
author
librarian
Relationships
Durant, Ariel (wife)
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1959])
Ferrer Modern School
Awards and honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Pulitzer Prize (literature ∙ 1967)
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