Ron Chernow
| Ron Chernow | |
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| Born | Ronald Chernow March 3, 1949 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, historian, biographer |
| Education | English literature |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Period | 1973–present |
| Subject | Historical biography |
| Notable works |
The House of Morgan Washington: A Life Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. |
| Notable awards |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography American History Book Prize National Book Award for Nonfiction |
| Spouse | Valerie S. Chernow (m. 1979; wid. 2006) |
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Ronald "Ron" Chernow (born March 3, 1949) is an American writer, journalist, historian, and biographer. He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of historical figures from the world of business, finance, and American politics.
Historian Andrew Cayton said, "Chernow is no ordinary writer. Like his popular biographies of John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton, his Washington while long, is vivid and well paced. If Chernow's sense of historical context is sometimes superficial, his understanding of psychology is acute and his portraits of individuals memorable."
He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for his book, Washington: A Life. He is also the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction for his 1990 book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. His biographies of Alexander Hamilton and John D. Rockefeller Sr. were both nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards, while The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family was honored with the 1993 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing. As a freelance journalist, he has written over 60 articles in national publications.
Ronald Chernow was born on March 3, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York. His father Israel was the owner of a discount store and creator of a stock brokerage firm; his mother Ruth was a bookkeeper. Chernow graduated with honors from Yale College (B.A. summa cum laude, 1970) and Cambridge University (M.Phil., 1972 with degrees in English literature). He began but did not finish a PhD program. He says that in politics he is a "disgruntled Democrat" and gives his religion as "Jewish, though more in the breach than the observance."
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