Ronald Chernow (born 1949) is an American biographical author of Alexander Hamilton, The House of Morgan, and Titan: The Life of John D. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rockefeller, Sr. , among other works.
Life and career
Born in Brooklyn, New York Chernow graduated with honors from Yale University and Cambridge University with degrees in English literature. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from He then began a career as a freelance journalist. From 1973 to 1982, he published more than 60 articles in national publications. [1] In the mid-1980s, he began work at the Twentieth Century Fund, a think tank based in New York City, where he was director of financial policy studies. [1]
His first book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance was published in 1990 and won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. The book traced the history of four generations of the J.P. Morgan financial empire. John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who The Warburgs, Chernow's 1993 account of the German-Jewish Warburg banking family, was awarded the Columbia Business School's George S. The Warburg family is a German - Jewish family of Bankers The Warburgs moved from Bologna to Warburg in Germany in the History Alonzo Barton Hepburn, then president of Chase Manhattan Bank, founded the School in 1916 with 11 full-time faculty members Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing. The book was named as one of the year's twelve best nonfiction books by the American Library Association and a Notable Book by The New York Times. The American Library Association ( ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally
Chernow's 1997 collection of essays, The Death of the Banker, touched upon his earlier writings and chronicled "the decline and fall of the great financial dynasties and the triumph of the small investor. " The following year Chernow published his biography of John D. Rockefeller, Titan: The Life of John D. John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist Rockefeller, Sr. The book reflected Chernow's continued interest in financial history, especially when shaped by compelling and influential individuals. The biography was selected by Time magazine and The New York Times as one of the year's ten best books. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and
In 2004 Chernow published his lengthy biography, Alexander Hamilton. This massive treatment of the first U. S. Treasury Secretary was widely praised as a sympathetic but balanced account of Hamilton's role in the republic's founding and early history. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until The biography won the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history. The George Washington Book Prize was instituted in 2005 and is awarded annually to the best book on America's founding era [2]
Chernow has announced that his next book will treat the life of George Washington, though publication is not imminent. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the [1] He is the president of PEN American Center, a writers' organization. PEN American Center (PEN founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance Literature, to defend Free expression, and to foster international Chernow's wife Valerie, a sociologist, died in 2006. [3]
Notes
- ^ a b c Chernow biography page at International Speakers Web site. Retrieved on 2006-09-02. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. , his agency as a paid speaker.
- ^ Historian Ron Chernow Awarded First Annual George Washington Book Prize for Alexander Hamilton. Washington College. Retrieved on 2007-03-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- ^ Celia McGee (2006-03-21). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Biographer to Lead PEN Center in the U.S.. New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius
External links
- Biography of Ron Chernow at the Seattle Arts & Lectures website
- Entry on Ron Chernow at Penguin Group website
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