Don E. Fehrenbacher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Don E. Fehrenbacher

American historian

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1920

Place of Birth: Sterling, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1997

Profession: historian, university teacher, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian.
He wrote on politics, slavery, and Abraham Lincoln.
He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, his book about the Dred Scott Decision.
In 1977 David M.
Potter's The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861, which he edited and completed, won the Pulitzer Prize.
In 1997 he won the Lincoln Prize.