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David McCullough

American historian
Also known as: David Gaub McCullough
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David McCullough (born July 7, 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 7, 2022, Hingham, Massachusetts) was an American historian whose exhaustively researched biographies were both popular and praised by critics. McCullough earned a B.A. (1955) in English literature from Yale University. After graduation he went to New York City, where he took a job at Time-Life’s Sports Illustrated magazine. In 1961 McCullough moved to Washington, D.C., to work for the United States Information Agency. He left...

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