Leonard Baker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leonard Baker

American biographer

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1931

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 23-Nov-1984

Profession: historian, biographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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, ISBN 0-19-502800-7), 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 served as a reporter for the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat from 1955–1956 and for Newsday from 1956-1965.He also married and had two children: David Baker and Sara Baker.