About Leonard Baker
Lived 1931 – 1984 (aged 53). Leonard Baker was an American historian, biographer, journalist and writer.
Leonard S. Baker (January 24, 1931 – November 23, 1984) was an American writer.
He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews (Oxford University Press, ), a book about Leo Baeck.
His other published works include The Johnson Eclipse: A President's Vice Presidency, Back to Back: The Duel Between FDR and the Supreme Court, John Marshall: A Life in Law, Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biography, Brahmin in Revolt, Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor, and The Guaranteed Society.
A 1952 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Arts and Sciences, Baker was a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from 1955 to 1956 and for Newsday from 1956 to 1965. He was married to Liva Baker (1930–2007), author of The Justice From Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes and other books, and had two children, David Baker and Sara Baker.
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Who was Leonard Baker?
American biographer (1931-1984)
When was Leonard Baker born?
Leonard Baker was born on 24 January 1931 in Pittsburgh.
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Leonard Baker died on 23 November 1984 in Washington, D.C..
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Leonard Baker was a historian, biographer, journalist and writer.
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Leonard Baker was American.
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