Herbert Agar AKA Herbert Sebastian Agar Born: 29-Sep-1897 Birthplace: New Rochelle, NY Died: 24-Nov-1980 Location of death: Sussex, England Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States Executive summary: The People's Choice Military service: US Navy Reserve (WWI, WWII, Lt. Cmdr.) Father: John Giraud Agar (attorney) Mother: Agnes Louise Macdonough Brother: William Agar (geologist at Yale) Wife: Adelaine Scott (m. 1918, div. 1933, one son, one daughter) Son: William Scott Daughter: Agnes Wife: Eleanor Caroll Chilton (m. 1933, div. 1945) Wife: Barbara Tylas Wallace (m. 1945)
University: AB, Columbia University University: MA, Princeton University University: PhD, Princeton University
Pulitzer Prize for History 1934 for The People's Choice The Louisville Courier-Journal Editor Fight for Freedom Board of Directors
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Author of books:
The People's Choice (1933) Land of the Free (1935) Pursuit of Happiness: The Story of American Democracy (1938) A Time for Greatness (1942) Price of Union (1950) Abraham Lincoln (1952) A Declaration of Faith (1952) The Unquiet Years: USA, 1945-1955 (1957) The Price of Power: America Since 1945 (1957) The Saving Remnant: An Account of Jewish Survival Since 1914 (1960) The Price of Union (1966) The Perils of Democracy (1968) The Darkest Year: Britain Alone, June 1940--June 1941 (1973)
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