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Catherine Drinker Bowen
Bowen in 1944.
Born
Catherine Drinker

(1897-01-01)January 1, 1897
Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 1, 1973(1973-11-01) (aged 76)
Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Burial placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter
Spouses
  • Ezra Bowen
  • Thomas McKean Downs
Parent
  • Henry Sturgis Drinker (father)

Catherine Drinker Bowen (January 1, 1897 – November 1, 1973) was an American writer best known for her biographies. She won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1958.

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Catherine Drinker Bowen

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Catherine Drinker Bowen (January 1, 1897 – November 1, 1973) was an American writer best known for her biographies. She won the National Book Award for...

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The Advancement of Learning

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Denis Diderot, and is credited by Bacon's biographer-essayist Catherine Drinker Bowen with being a pioneering essay in support of empirical philosophy...

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The Music Lovers

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Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th-century...

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Philip Drinker

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musicologist Henry Sandwith Drinker, Jr., pathologist Cecil Kent Drinker, businessman James Drinker, and biographer Catherine Drinker Bowen. After graduating from...

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Cecil Kent Drinker

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and biographer Catherine Drinker Bowen. Drinker was married to Katherine Rotan Drinker. Means J. H. (1956). "Cecil Kent Drinker, 1887-1956". Transactions...

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Miracle at Philadelphia

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work of historical non-fiction, written by Catherine Drinker Bowen and originally published in 1969. Bowen recounts the Philadelphia Convention, a meeting...

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The Independent Advertiser

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in a position to put money in a newspaper or in anything else." Catherine Drinker Bowen, John Adams and the American Revolution (Boston: Little, Brown...

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Henry Sturgis Drinker

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engineer and industrial hygienist, co-inventor of the iron lung Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), historian and biographer, winner of the 1958 National...

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ISBN 0-684-81363-7. Found online at Internet Archive. Accessed May 8, 2011. Catherine Drinker Bowen, John Adams and the American Revolution (Boston: Little, Brown...

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Edward Coke

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The couple settled at the manor of Huntingfield, described by Catherine Drinker Bowen as "enchanting, with a legend for every turret ... A splendid gallery...

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Scout Life

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contributing over the years include Isaac Asimov, Bertrand R. Brinley, Catherine Drinker Bowen, Ray Bradbury, Van Wyck Brooks, Arthur C. Clarke, J. Allan Dunn...

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George Mason

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away any hope of eliminating slavery left a residue of disgust." Catherine Drinker Bowen, in her widely read 1966 account of the Constitutional Convention...

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William Rawley

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Atlantis (1628), Bacon's controversial work of utopian magic realism. Catherine Drinker Bowen, one of Bacon's biographers, credits her protagonist with inspiring...

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Catherine Ann Janvier

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teacher under the name Catherine Ann Drinker. Catherine Ann Drinker was born on May 1, 1841, in Philadelphia to (Henry) Sandwith Drinker and Susannah Budd...

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in media

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Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck Tchaikovsky was played by Richard Chamberlain...

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1846 in the United States

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(1960). The year of decision, 1846. With an introductory essay by Catherine Drinker Bowen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 3963759. Media related to 1846...

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Gouverneur Morris

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People of the States" to "We, the People of the United States." Catherine Drinker Bowen, in her 1966 book Miracle at Philadelphia, called Morris the committee's...

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List of winners of the National Book Award

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Winner 1957 George F. Kennan Russia Leaves the War Winner 1958 Catherine Drinker Bowen The Lion and the Throne Winner 1959 J. Christopher Herold Mistress...

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List of burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery

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Civil War veteran, superintendent United States Mint (1889-1894) Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973), writer best known for biographies, winner 1958 National...

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Athenaeum of Philadelphia

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Village Beyond Samuel Noah Kramer, From the Tablets of Summer 1957 Catherine Drinker Bowen, The Lion and the Throne Bettina Linn, A Letter to Elizabeth 1958...

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William Samuel Johnson

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form of the document. In her 1966 book, Miracle at Philadelphia, Catherine Drinker Bowen calls Johnson "the perfect man to preside over these four masters...

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National Book Award for Nonfiction

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Winner 1957 George F. Kennan Russia Leaves the War Winner 1958 Catherine Drinker Bowen The Lion and the Throne Edward Coke, English lawyer and judge Winner...

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The Philadelphia Award

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Allston Jenkins 1959 - Harry A. Batten 1958 - Helen C. Bailey 1957 - Catherine Drinker Bowen 1956 - Isidor S. Ravdin 1955 - Joseph S. Clark, Jr. 1954 - Esmond...

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1957 in literature

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1956) – The Buddha and His Dhamma G. E. M. Anscombe – Intention Catherine Drinker Bowen – The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke...

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Armed Services Editions

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ASE publication of Charles A. Beard's history The Republic and Catherine Drinker Bowen's O.W. Holmes biography Yankee from Olympus among other works. After...

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