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Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, as well as his public service.
May 16, 2024 · Allan Nevins (born May 20, 1890, Camp Point, Illinois, U.S.—died March 5, 1971, Menlo Park, California) was an American historian, author, and educator, known especially for his eight-volume history of the American Civil War and his biographies of American political and industrial figures.
Allan Nevins (1890-1971) was a prolific and influential historian who taught at Columbia from 1928 to 1958. He wrote biographies, histories, and articles on topics such as the Civil War, presidential politics, and oral history.
Feb 20, 2017 · A review of Allan Nevins' Ordeal of the Union, a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Civil War and its impact on American society. The article praises Nevins' scholarship, writing and perspective, and laments his neglect by modern historians.
Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890–March 5, 1971), former president of the American Historical Association, died on March 5, 1971, after a varied and distinguished career of some sixty years in journalism, teaching, writing, scholarship, and academic and public service.
Mar 6, 1971 · MENLO PARK, Calif., March 5—Allan Nevins, the historian and biographer who won two Pulitzer Prizes and pioneered in the establishment of the oral history movement, died today in a nursing...
Who was Allan Nevins when he began serious work on his study of the Civil War? The answer may appear to be obvious: he was a professor of history at Columbia University. But anyone who looks at his life would have to concede that he was a most unusual professor. He did not smell of the lamp despite his habit of working every day for twelve or more
