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Henry F. Pringle

Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (died 1958)

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Born
August 23, 1897
Died
April 7, 1958
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1897

About Henry F. Pringle

Henry Fowles Pringle was an American historian and writer most famous for his witty but scholarly biography of Theodore Roosevelt which won the Pulitzer prize in 1932, as well as a scholarly biography of William Howard Taft. His work in the field of journalism reached many aspects of public and private life. Moreover, he discovered in Taft a "tortured soul" whose life could best be understood from the inside rather than from the outside.

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The world when Henry F. Pringle was born

Henry F. Pringle was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

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Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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