DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES AND ARIEL


Meaning of DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES AND ARIEL in English

Ariel Durant orig. Ada Kaufman or Ida Kaufman

born Nov. 5, 1885, North Adams, Mass., U.S.

died Nov. 7, 1981, Los Angeles, Calif.

born May 10, 1898, Prosurov, Russia

died Oct. 25, 1981, Los Angeles

U.S. writers.

After the great success of Will's Story of Philosophy (1926), they cowrote the 11-volume The Story of Civilization (1935–75), including Rousseau and Revolution (1967, Pulitzer Prize). Though involved in the writing of every volume, Ariel was not listed as coauthor until the seventh.

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