Freeman, Douglas Southall

(sŭth`ôl, –əl), 1886–1953, American editor and historian, b. Lynchburg, Va. He was editor of the Richmond News Leader from 1915 to 1949, when he retired to devote most of his time to historical writing. An authority on military strategy and on the military history of the Civil War, Freeman wrote R. E. Lee (4 vol., 1934–35), which won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and Lee's Lieutenants (3 vol., 1942–44). He edited A Calendar of Confederate Papers (1908) and also wrote Virginia, a Gentle Dominion (1924), The South to Posterity (1939), and John Stewart Bryan (1947). His biography of George Washington (7 vol., 1949–57), the last volume of which was written by his assistants John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958.

Freeman, Douglas Southall

(1886–1953) editor, historian; born in Lynchburg, Va. He was a longtime editor of the Richmond News Leader (1915–49) and wrote two Pulitzer Prize-winning works; a four-volume biography of Robert E. Lee (1934–35) and a multi-volume biography of George Washington (1948–58).

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释义	Freeman, Douglas Southall Freeman, Douglas Southall (sŭth`ôl, –əl), 1886–1953, American editor and historian, b. Lynchburg, Va. He was editor of the Richmond News Leader from 1915 to 1949, when he retired to devote most of his time to historical writing. An authority on military strategy and on the military history of the Civil War, Freeman wrote R. E. Lee (4 vol., 1934–35), which won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and Lee's Lieutenants (3 vol., 1942–44). He edited A Calendar of Confederate Papers (1908) and also wrote Virginia, a Gentle Dominion (1924), The South to Posterity (1939), and John Stewart Bryan (1947). His biography of George Washington (7 vol., 1949–57), the last volume of which was written by his assistants John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958. Freeman, Douglas Southall (1886–1953) editor, historian; born in Lynchburg, Va. He was a longtime editor of the Richmond News Leader (1915–49) and wrote two Pulitzer Prize-winning works; a four-volume biography of Robert E. Lee (1934–35) and a multi-volume biography of George Washington (1948–58).
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