David Herbert Donald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Herbert Donald

historian of the American Civil War

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1920

Place of Birth: Goodman, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 17-May-2009

Profession: historian, biographer, university teacher, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln.
He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for earlier works; he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South.