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American biographer and academic (1932–2019)
Jean Edward Smith
Born (1932-10-13 ) October 13, 1932Died September 1, 2019(2019-09-01) (aged 86) Alma mater
Princeton University (A.B., 1954)
Columbia University (Ph.D., 1964) Occupation(s) Biographer, academic
Jean Edward Smith (October 13, 1932 – September 1, 2019) was a biographer and the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at
Marshall University .
[1] He was also
professor emeritus at the
University of Toronto after having served as professor of
political economy there for thirty-five years. Smith was also on the faculty of the Master of American History and Government program at
Ashland University .
[2]
The winner of the 2008
Francis Parkman Prize and the 2002 finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography , Smith was called "today’s foremost biographer of formidable figures in American history."
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[3]
Education and military service
A graduate of
McKinley High School in Washington, D.C., Smith received an A.B. from
Princeton University in 1954. While attending Princeton, Smith was mentored under law professor and political scientist William M. Beaney. Serving in the U.S. military from 1954 to 1961, he rose to the rank of Captain. Smith served in
West Berlin and
Dachau ,
Germany . In 1964, he obtained a
Ph.D. from the Department of Public Law and Government of
Columbia University .
Career
Smith began his teaching career as
assistant professor of government at
Dartmouth College , a post he held from 1963 until 1965. He then became a
professor of political economy at the
University of Toronto in 1965 until his retirement in 1999. Smith also served as visiting professor at several universities during his tenure at the University of Toronto and after his retirement including the
Freie Universität in Berlin,
Georgetown University ,
[4] the
University of Virginia ’s Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, the
University of California at San Diego , and
Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He died on September 1, 2019, from complications of Parkinson's disease with his family by his side.
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[6]
Bibliography
Smith won the 2008
Francis Parkman Prize for FDR , his 2007 biography. He was the 2002 finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Grant , his 2001 biography.
The Defense of Berlin . Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press , 1963. (
LCCN
63-17670 )
The Wall as Watershed . Arlington, Virginia:
Institute for Defense Analyses , 1966.
Germany Beyond the Wall: People, Politics, and Prosperity . Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.
The Papers of Lucius D. Clay: Germany, 1945-1949 . (ed.) Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1974.
The Evolution of
NATO with Four Plausible Threat Scenarios . (with Steven L. Canby), Ottawa, Canada:
Canada Department of National Defence , 1987.
The Conduct of American Foreign Policy Debated . (with Herbert Levine) New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990.
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Debated . (with Herbert Levine) 1988. (
ISBN
013134966X )
The Constitution and American Foreign Policy .
Lucius D. Clay: An American Life . New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. (
ISBN
080500999X )
George Bush's War . New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1992. (
ISBN
0805013881 )
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation . New York: Henry, Holt & Company, 1996. (
ISBN
080501389X )
The Face of Justice: Portraits of
John Marshall . (with
William H. Gerdts , Wendell D. Garrett, Frederick S. Voss, and David B. Dearinger), Huntington, West Virginia:
Huntington Museum of Art , 2001. (
ISBN
0965388816 )
Grant . New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. (
ISBN
0684849267 )
FDR . New York: Random House, 2007. (
ISBN
9781400061211 )
Eisenhower in War and Peace . New York: Random House, 2012. (
ISBN
9781400066933 )
Bush . New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. (
ISBN
9781476741192 )
[7]
The Liberation of Paris: How
Eisenhower ,
de Gaulle , and
von Choltitz Saved the City of Light . New York: Simon and Schuster, 2019. (
ISBN
9781501164927 )
References
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a
b
"Jean Edward Smith" .
Marshall University . Archived from
the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-05 .
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"Jean Edward Smith" .
Ashland University . Archived from
the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-01-05 .
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"Biography or Autobiography" . The Pulitzer Prizes . Columbia University. Retrieved 2012-01-05 .
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"Jean Edward Smith Papers" .
Georgetown University . Archived from
the original on 2012-02-04.
^ Seelye, Katherine Q. (September 13, 2019).
"Jean Edward Smith, Biographer of the Underrated, Dies at 86" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2019-12-25 .
^ Ingram, Sarah (September 10, 2019).
"Nationally recognized author with Marshall connections dies" . The Parthenon . Retrieved 2019-12-25 .
^ Baker, Peter (July 3, 2016).
"Review: 'Bush,' a Biography as Scathing Indictment" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
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