Charles Van Doren, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Van Doren

American academic

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2019

Profession: biographer, university teacher, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Charles Van Doren

  • Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s.
  • In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the show Twenty-One.
  • Terminated by NBC, he joined Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., in 1959, becoming a vice-president and writing and editing many books before retiring in 1982.

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