| LC control no. | n 00039892 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Meacham, Jon |
| Other standard no. | Q6271233 |
| Biography/History note | Jon Ellis Meacham (born May 20, 1969) is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021. A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Meacham> |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.) New York (N.Y.) Belle Meade (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1969-05-20 |
| Place of birth | Chattanooga (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Authorship Education, Higher Editing |
| Affiliation | Vanderbilt University McCallie School (Chattanooga, Tenn.) University of the South Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.) |
| Profession or occupation | Periodical editors Biographers College teachers Historians |
| Found in | Voices in our blood, 2001: CIP t.p. (Jon Meacham) Franklin & Winston, 2003: CIP t.p. (Jon Meacham) pub. info. (b. 1969 in Chattanooga, Tenn.; managing editor at Newsweek; lives in New York City) Wikipedia, August 29, 2017: individual entry (Jon Ellis Meacham, born May 20, 1969, is executive editor and executive vice president at Random House. He is contributing editor to Time magazine and editor-at-large of WNET, and former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Meacham> Columns to characters, 2017: title page (Jon Meacham) page 240 (executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, and a contributing editor to Time magazine) Wikipedia web site, January 28, 2019: ((Jon Meacham, born May 20, 1969) is a presidential biographer. A former Executive Editor and Executive Vice President at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He is currently the Rogers Chair for the Study of the Presidency and a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was educated at The McCallie School, and he earned a bachelor's degree from The University of the South in 1991. Meacham resides in Belle Meade, Tennessee.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Meacham> Wikipedia, 2 Mar. 2022 (Jon Meacham; Jon Ellis Meacham; American writer, reviewer, historian, presidential biographer; chosen as Canon Historian of Washington National Cathedral in 2021) |
| Associated language | eng |
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