Daniel Aaron

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Daniel Aaron
Born	1912 (age 98–99) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [1]
Education	BA, University of Michigan PhD, Harvard University
Occupation	Americanist, academic

Daniel Aaron (born 1912) is an American writer and academic. Aaron helped found the Library of America in 1978.^[2]

In 1937, Aaron became the first to graduate with a degree in "American Civilization" from Harvard University.^[2]

Aaron received a BA from the University of Michigan, and later went on to do graduate studies at Harvard University.^[1] He elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1973^[3] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977.^[4]

Selected work

• The Americanist (2007).^[1]
• American Notes: Selected Essays (1994).^[5]
• Cincinnati, Queen City of the West: 1819-1838 (1992).^[5]
• Writers on the Left (1992).^[5]
• Writers on the Left; Episodes in American Literary Communism (1974).^[5]
• The Unwritten War; American Writers and the Civil War (1973).^[5]

America in Crisis; Fourteen Crucial Episodes in American History (1971).^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dirda, Michael. "From scholar Daniel Aaron, the long view of civilization," The Washington Post. May 6, 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Cromie, William J., Ken Gewertz, Corydon Ireland, and Alvin Powell. "Honorary degrees awarded at Commencement’s Morning Exercises," Harvard Gazette. June 7, 2007.
3. ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
4. ^ "Current Members". American Academy of Arts and Letters. http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f} New York Review of Books: Books by Daniel Aaron

See also

• List of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature

Persondata
Name	Aaron, Daniel
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Short description	American writer and academic
Date of birth	1912
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death
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