Leonard S. Baker(January 24, 1931 – November 23, 1984) was an American writer.
Leonard Baker | |
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| Born | January 24, 1931 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
| Died | November 23, 1984(aged 53) Washington, D.C.,U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Notable works | Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews |
He won the1979Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyforDays of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews(Oxford University Press,ISBN0-19-502800-7), a book aboutLeo Baeck.
His other published works includeThe Johnson Eclipse: A President's Vice Presidency,Back to Back: The Duel Between FDR and the Supreme Court,John Marshall: A Life in Law,Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biography,Brahmin in Revolt,Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor,andThe Guaranteed Society.
A 1952 graduate of theUniversity of Pittsburgh'sSchool of Arts and Sciences,Baker was a reporter for theSt. Louis Globe-Democratfrom 1955 to 1956 and forNewsdayfrom 1956 to 1965. He was married to Liva Baker (1930–2007), author ofThe Justice From Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmesand other books, and had two children, David Baker and Sara Baker.
References
edit- "Leonard S. Baker, 54, Dies; Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979".The New York Times.November 26, 1984.RetrievedMay 7,2010.
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