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Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004)
librarian, historian, sociologist, lawyer, biographer, philosopher, Librarian of Congress
- Harvard College, University of Oxford
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993)
historian, environmentalist, biographer, naturalist
- University of Iowa, University of Utah
E. P. Thompson (1924-1993)
historian of Modern Age, historian, journalist, biographer, labor historian, peace activist, anti-nuclear weapons activist
- University of Cambridge, Dragon School
Paul Preston (born 1946)
historian, professor, biographer, Hispanist
- St Edward's College, Oriel College
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
poet, polo player, autobiographer, LGBTQ rights activist, playwright, feminist
- New York University, University of Florida
Jane Addams (1860-1935)
journalist, philosopher, women's rights activist, autobiographer, social reformer, social critic, suffragette, peace activist, human rights activist, political theorist, sociologist
- Rockford University
André Maurois (1885-1967)
philosopher, essayist, historian, literary critic, biographer, critic
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille
James Hogg (1770-1835)
poet, biographer