Literary Library
Noam Chomsky
by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Johan Huizinger
by Angela Beck
December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945Dutch historian and authorAuthor of "Erasmus and the Age of Reformation", "In the Shadows of Tomorrow" and "Hom...
Cornelia Meigs
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1884 - September 10, 1973American writer, teacher and historianAuthor of "Windy Hill" (for which she won a Newbery Honor in 1922), "Cle...
Thomas Carlyle
by Angela Beck
December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881Scottish historian, philosopher, mathematician, essayist and satiristAuthor of "Sartor Resartus", "The French R...
Ludvig Holberg
by Angela Beck
December 3, 1684 - January 28, 1754Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwrightAuthor of "Jeppe on the Hill", "Erasmus Montan...
Carl Abbott
by Angela Beck
December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...
Richard Stites
by Angela Beck
December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...
David Hackett Fischer
by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Charles H. Wesley
by Angela Beck
December 2, 1891 - August 16, 1987African-American historian, educator, pastor and authorAuthor of "Collapse of the Confederacy", "Neglected Histo...
Suzanne Lebsock
by Angela Beck
December 1, 1949 - American author and historianAuthor of "The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784 - 1860", "Virg...
Michael Beschloss
by Angela Beck
November 30, 1955 - American historian and writerAuthor of "The Crises Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960 - 1963", "Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Jo...
Jacque Barzun
by Angela Beck
November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012French-American historian, writer, novelist and soldierAuthor of "The House of Intellect" (for which he was nom...