James Ford Rhodes
United States historian
Died when: 78 years 266 days (944 months)Star Sign: Taurus
James Ford Rhodes (May 1, 1848 – January 22, 1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio.After earning a fortune in the iron, coal, and steel industries by 1885, he retired from business.
He devoted his life to historical research and publishing a seven-volume history of the United States beginning in 1850; his work was published from 1893 to 1906.
He published an eighth volume in 1920.His work, History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918), won the second-ever Pulitzer Prize for History that year.
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