William Manchester

William Manchester
William Manchester
Lahir	William Raymond Manchester; 1 April 1922; Attleboro, Massachusetts, AS
Meninggal	1 Juni 2004 (umur 82); Middletown, Connecticut
Makam	Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut
Pekerjaan	Sejarawan, Biografer, Profesor
Kebangsaan	Amerika
Karya terkenal	American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964; The Death of a President; The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill

William Raymond Manchester (1 April 1922 – 1 Juni 2004)^[2] adalah seorang pengarang, biografer dan sejarawan asal Amerika. Ia adalah pengarang 18 buku yang diterjemahkan ke dalam lebih dari 20 bahasa.^[3] Ia dianugerahi National Humanities Medal dan Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.

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^ Severo, Richard (June 2, 2004). "William Manchester, Whose Biographies Detailed Power in the 20th Century, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
^ According to one writer, "Scholars generally disliked the biographies by Manchester. They were deemed superficial, anecdotal, hyperbolic, and hagiographic." Eugene L. Rasor, Winston S. Churchill, 1874–1965: A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Press. 2000, p. 62.