NEW YORK -- William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

Rosenwald Ken Burns was in his studio working on the final edits of a forthcoming documentary film series on the American Revolution when he learned on Tuesday that the historian William E.

He was born March 21, 1937, in Fairport, N.Y., to the late William and Mary (Murphy) Burns, Sr. He was preceded in death by his sister, Joanne; and brother, Martin. He is survived by his loving ...

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A postal clerk’s son born in New York City in 1922, William Edward Leuchtenburg was so fascinated by politics that at age 12, he raised money tutoring neighborhood kids to fund a nine-hour bus ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, Eminent Presidential Historian and Ken Burns Consultant ... A postal clerk's son born in New York City in 1922, William Edward Leuchtenburg was so fascinated by politics ...

Ken Burns was in his studio working on the final edits of a forthcoming documentary film series on the American Revolution when he learned UNC-Chapel Hill historian William E. Leuchtenburg had ...

The Cherokee went to the Supreme Court again in 1831. This time they based their appeal on an 1830 Georgia law which prohibited whites from living on Indian territory after March 31, 1831 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — William E. Leuchtenburg ... was a political analyst for CBS and NBC and consulted on several of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries. In 2008, he was given the Arthur M.