Catherine Drinker Bowen
Catherine Drinker Bowen | |
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Bowen in 1944. | |
| Born | Catherine Shober Drinker January 1, 1897 Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1973 (aged 76) Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Burial place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
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| Relatives | Henry Sturgis Drinker (father) Henry Drinker (brother) Cecil Kent Drinker (brother) Philip Drinker (brother) Catherine Ann Janvier (aunt) Cecilia Beaux (aunt) |
Catherine Drinker Bowen (January 1, 1897 – November 1, 1973; née Catherine Shober Drinker) was an American biographer. She won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1958 for The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke. She received the Women's National Book Association Award in 1962. Her biographies of John Adams, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky were Book of the Month Club recommendations. She was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Lehigh University.