David McCullough

David McCullough
McCullough in 2005
McCullough in 2005
BornDavid Gaub McCullough
(1933-07-07)July 7, 1933
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 89)
Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • Historian
  • narrator
Alma materYale University (BA)
Period1968–2019
SubjectAmerican history
Notable works
Notable awards
Spouse
Rosalee Barnes
(m. 1954; died 2022)
Children5

David Gaub McCullough (/məˈkʌlə/; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.[2][3][4]

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years.[4]

McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize-winning books—Truman and John Adams—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference pulitzer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on June 6, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Sherman, Jerome L. (December 16, 2006). "Presidential biographer gets presidential medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c Carlson, Michael (August 18, 2022). "Obituary David McCullough". The Guardian. Retrieved October 1, 2023.

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