Barbara W. Tuchman
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| Born | Barbara Wertheim January 30, 1912 New York City |
| Died | February 6, 1989 (aged 77) Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, historian |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1938–1988 (writer) |
| Genre | History |
| Subject | Middle Ages, Renaissance, American Revolution, 1900, World War I |
| Spouse | Lester R. Tuchman (b. 1904, d. 1997) |
| Children | Three daughters |
| Relatives |
Maurice Wertheim (father) Henry Morgenthau Sr. (maternal grandfather) Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (maternal uncle) Robert M. Morgenthau (cousin) Jessica Mathews (daughter) |
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Guns of August (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971), a biography of General Joseph Stilwell.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history.
She was born January 30, 1912, the daughter of the banker Maurice Wertheim and his first wife Alma Morgenthau. Her father was an individual of wealth and prestige, the owner of The Nation magazine, president of the American Jewish Congress, prominent art collector, and a founder of the Theatre Guild. Her mother was the daughter of Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Woodrow Wilson's ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Wertheim was influenced at an early age by the books of Lucy Fitch Perkins and G.A. Henty, as well as the historical novels of Alexandre Dumas. She attended the Walden School on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe College in 1933, having studied history and literature.
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