Durant, Will
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Birthname | Durant, William James | ||||
born on | 5 November 1885 at 12:30 (= 12:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | North Adams, Massachusetts, 42n42, 73w07 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American historian and educator. He studied for the priesthood while working as a professor of Latin and French. Disillusioned, he left in 1911 and moved to New York, rebelling as a radical anarchist. In 1917, he completed his Ph.D.
Durant published "The Story of Philosophy" in 1926. When it became a best-seller, it allowed him to write full time. With his wife and coauthor, Ariel, he published the first volume of their famed "The Story of Civilization" in 1935, a series that they continued to 1967, when they won the Pulitzer Prize. They moved to Los Angeles in 1935 where they wrote and researched, living a secluded life style, writing and researching other than occasional lectures.
He died on Nov. 7, 1981 in, Los Angeles while recovering from surgery less than two weeks after his beloved wife and partner passed away at their home. He had just turned 96.
Relationships
- spouse relationship with Durant, Ariel (born 10 May 1898). Notes: Happy
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1926 (The Story of Philosophy)
- Work : Prize 1967 (Pulitzer Prize)
Source Notes
Frances McEvoy quotes him
Categories
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (Ph.D.)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Long term)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage - Compatible (Common interests)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One, lasting)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Rejection/ Leave church (Left the church)
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Latin and French)
- Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy (Philosophy, Civilization)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (History, philosophy)
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Historian)
- 1885 births
- Birthday 5 November
- Birthplace North Adams, MA (US)
- Sun 13 Scorpio
- Moon 29 Libra
- Asc 3 Aquarius
- 1981 deaths
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Relationship : Marriage - Compatible
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Rejection/ Leave church
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure