William Manchester Biography

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NAME: William Manchester
OCCUPATION: Historian, Journalist, Author
BIRTH DATE: c. 1922
EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts, University of Missouri
PLACE OF BIRTH: Attleboro, Massachusetts

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William Manchester was a historian who notably wrote about American president John F. Kennedy and Winston Churchill.

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William Manchester

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William Manchester. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 03:49, Jun 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/william-manchester-9396919.

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Synopsis

William Manchester’s major work is The Death of a President (1967), about JFK. A landmark in reportage, it received mixed reviews but sold in millions. It has been superseded as new evidence on the assassination of President Kennedy has emerged. Manchester died before he could complete the third and final volume of his biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: The Defender of the Realm.

Synopsis

Novelist, foreign correspondent, and contemporary historian. Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA. He studied at the universities of Massachusetts and Missouri. His major work is The Death of a President (1967), written at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy. A landmark in reportage, it received mixed reviews and sold in millions, but has subsequently been superseded as new evidence on the assassination of President Kennedy has emerged. He died before he could complete the third and final volume of his biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion: The Defender of the Realm.