Bernard DeVoto

American historian and author (1897–1955)

PersonDied aged 58humanQ3638666

Also known as Bernard Augustine De Voto · Bernard Augustine DeVoto · Bernard Augustine · DeVoto

Born: January 11, 1897
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-15
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in DeVoto, Bernard Augustine (11 January 1897–13 November 1955), journalist and historianRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in BnF authorities
5.Stated in Latter-day Saint Literature database
6.Stated in Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographersgeographicus.com/P/RareMaps/devotobernardRetrieved 2025-04-08
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Died: November 13, 1955
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-15
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in DeVoto, Bernard Augustine (11 January 1897–13 November 1955), journalist and historianRetrieved 2017-10-09
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5.Stated in Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographersgeographicus.com/P/RareMaps/devotobernardRetrieved 2025-04-08
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Birthplace: Ogden
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3.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/october-2007/americas-national-parks-system-sunset-or-new-dawn
4.Stated in Latter-day Saint Literature database
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Place of death: New York City
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: historian
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2.Stated in Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographersgeographicus.com/P/RareMaps/devotobernardRetrieved 2025-04-08
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, writer
Education: Harvard University
, University of Utah
Employer: Northwestern University

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Bernard Augustine DeVoto was an American historian, conservationist, essayist, columnist, teacher, editor, and reviewer. He was the author of a series of Pulitzer-Prize-winning popular histories of the American West and for many years wrote The Easy Chair, an influential column in Harper's Magazine. DeVoto also wrote several well-regarded novels and during the 1950s served as a speech-writer for Adlai Stevenson. His friend and biographer, Wallace Stegner described DeVoto as "flawed, brilliant, provocative, outrageous, ... often wrong, often spectacularly right, always stimulating, sometimes infuriating, and never, never dull."

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Awards: National Book Award for Nonfiction(1953)
Pulitzer Prize for History(1948) for work: Across the Wide Missouri
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Bancroft Prize(1948) for work: Across the Wide Missouri
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Participated in conflict: World War I
Given name: Bernard
Nominations: National Book Award for Nonfiction(1953)
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives at: Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives described at url: oac.cdlib.org, oac.cdlib.org
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Sex or gender: male
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