Douglas Southall Freeman was a notable American author of two Pulitzer Prizes winning biographies, one on American Confederate general Robert E Lee and another about American founding father George Washington. - AsNotedIn
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| 1886/05/16 | Bettie Allen Hamner, wife of Walker Burford Freeman, gives birth to a son, Douglas Southall Freeman, in Lynchburg, Virginia. | Born | Lynchburg | Virginia | |||
| 1915/00/00 | Douglas Freeman is hired to write a 75,000 word biography of Robert E Lee for Charles Scribner's Son. | Author | R E Lee (book) | ||||
| 1916/00/00 | Douglas Freeman discovers, to his surprise, that most of the documentary sources where not utilized in previous biographies on R E Lee. | Author | R E Lee (book) | ||||
| 1934/00/00 | "R E Lee" by Douglas S Freeman is published in four volumes by Scribner, 1934-1935. | Author | R E Lee (book) | ||||
| 1935/04/00 | Douglas S Freeman is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for "R E Lee". After 24 years in the making, the four volume work is one million words. | Author | R E Lee (book) | ||||
| 1938/00/00 | Author and journalist, Dr Douglass Southall Freeman, acquires Pinehurst and renames it Westbourne. | Home | Westbourne | Richmond | |||
| 1948/00/00 | "George Washington: A Biography, Volume One, Young Washington" by Douglas S Freeman is published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons. | Author | George Washington, Volumes I-VI (book) | ||||
| 1953/06/13 | Douglas Southall Freeman, retired editor of The Richmond News-Leader and a leading military historian, dies of a heart attack at his home in Richmond, Virginia, at the age of 67. | Died | Westbourne | Richmond | |||
| 1953/06/15 | America has lost one of her most distinguished citizens--a fine historian and an outstanding American. He was a true and valued personal friend whom I shall miss greatly. - President Eisenhower | In Memoriam | |||||
| 1953/06/16 | Douglas Southall Freeman is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. | In Memoriam | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond | Richmond | |||
| 1958/04/00 | Douglas Southall Freeman is posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize for "George Washington, Volumes I-VI". | Author | George Washington, Volumes I-VI (book) |
2 Creative Works by Douglas Southall Freeman »
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| R E Lee (book) | Author | Biography | 1934/00/00 |
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| George Washington, Volumes I-VI (book) | Author | Biography | 1948/00/00 |
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