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Allan Nevins (1890-1971)

Considered one of the most distinguished historians of his time. He was noted for his scholarship, range, and readable style. Nevins was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize in biography. In 1932 for __Grover Cleveland: a Study in Courage__ and in 1936 for __Hamilton Fish: Inner History of the Grant Administration__. He also helped establish oral history (tape-recording the recollections of prominent persons). From 1931 to 1958 Nevins was professor of American history at Columbia. He then became research associate of the Huntington Library in California.

His masterwork was an eight-volume history of the United States from 1850 through the Civil War, __Ordeal of the Union__ (1947-71). Other books include: __Statesmanship of the [|Civil War]__ (1953); __Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller__ (1953); __Ford__ ( 3 volumes) 1954-63); __Herbert H. Lehman and His Era__ (1963); and __Abrant S. Hewitt: With Some Account of Peter Cooper__ (1966).