American historian and author (died 1955)

Bernard DeVoto

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, ...

Born

1897

January 11

Died

1955

Era

1890s

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Bernard, in brief

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1897 Born
1955 Died

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930 Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.
1055 Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.

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The world in 1955

When Bernard departed

april 1 The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
april 11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
april 12 The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
april 15 McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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Alfonso Arau 1932– Mexican actor and director Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) August Heissmeyer 1897– German SS officer (died 1979) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Eva Le Gallienne 1899– English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991) James Paget 1814– English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899) Lionel Stander 1908–1994 American actor and activist (died 1994) Naomi Judd 1946–2022 American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)

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Also born in 1897

Alan Kippax 1897–1972 Australian cricketer (died 1972) Albert Aalbers 1897– Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (died 1961) Aneurin Bevan 1897–1960 Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897) August Heissmeyer 1897– German SS officer (died 1979) Bill Woodfull 1897–1965 Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897) Constance Savery 1897– English author (died 1999) Denise Robins 1897–1985 English journalist and author (died 1985) Eithne Coyle 1897–1985 Irish republican revolutionary, (died 1985) Elijah Muhammad 1897–1975 American religious leader (born 1897)

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