![]() In 2005, Donald was the first honoree, receiving it at a ceremony in Springfield in conjunction with the opening and dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Kennedy to the first George Bush summoned him for lectures and fellow scholars acknowledged his prominence.Īn award was even named after him, the David Herbert Donald Prize for "excellence in Lincoln studies." But his books on Lincoln became his legacy. "He was a wonderful husband and father and he had a spectacular career as a teacher."Ī professor emeritus at Harvard University, Donald won Pulitzers for biographies of abolitionist Charles Sumner and novelist Thomas Wolfe. ![]() "Of course, I am devastated," said his wife of 54 years. David Herbert Donald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil War and American South whose expertise on Abraham Lincoln brought him a wide general audience and reverence from his peers, has died.ĭonald died of heart failure at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Sunday while awaiting heart surgery, said his wife, Aida. ![]()
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