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'''Ernest Samuels''' (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an [[Americans|American]] biographer and lawyer. |
'''Ernest Samuels''' (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an [[Americans|American]] biographer and lawyer. |
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Born in [[Chicago]], he received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1926, but switched to literature in 1930. Nevertheless he did legal work as well for much of the 1930s. He might be best known for his biography of [[Henry Brooks Adams|Henry Adams]] in three volumes. For this work he received the [[Bancroft Prize]] and the [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]]<ref>[http://files.library.northwestern.edu/findingaids/ernest_samuels.pdf Northwestern University]</ref> His two-volume biography ''Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur'' (Cambridge, MA 1979); ''Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend'' (Cambridge, MA 1987) is considered the most well-researched and important study of its subject. He died in Evanston, IL. |
Born in [[Chicago]], he received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1926, but switched to literature in 1930. Nevertheless he did legal work as well for much of the 1930s. He might be best known for his biography of [[Henry Brooks Adams|Henry Adams]] in three volumes. For this work he received the [[Bancroft Prize]] and the 1965 [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography]]<ref>[http://files.library.northwestern.edu/findingaids/ernest_samuels.pdf Northwestern University]</ref> His two-volume biography ''Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur'' (Cambridge, MA 1979); ''Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend'' (Cambridge, MA 1987) is considered the most well-researched and important study of its subject. He died in Evanston, IL. |
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Ernest Samuels (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an American biographer and lawyer.
Born in Chicago, he received his J.D. in 1926, but switched to literature in 1930. Nevertheless he did legal work as well for much of the 1930s. He might be best known for his biography of Henry Adams in three volumes. For this work he received the Bancroft Prize and the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography[1] His two-volume biography Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur (Cambridge, MA 1979); Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend (Cambridge, MA 1987) is considered the most well-researched and important study of its subject. He died in Evanston, IL.
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