What is Stephen E. Ambrose?
[[File:Stephen Ambrose.jpg|thumb|Ambrose in August 2001]] '''Stephen Edward Ambrose''' (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an [[Americans|American]] [[historian]] and author. He wrote the [[Biography|biographies]] of the [[U.S. President]]s [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Richard Nixon]]. He wrote many war books, including bestsellers, such as ''[[Band of Brothers (book)|Band of Brothers]]'', ''[[Undaunted Courage]]'' and ''[[Citizen Soldiers]]''. ''Band of Brothers'' was famously made into a 2001 [[HBO]] [[miniseries]] of the [[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|same name]]. The miniseries was created by [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Steven Spielberg]]. He was also the longtime [[professor]] of history at the [[University of New Orleans]] until his [[retirement]] in 1995. In 2002, it was reported that Ambrose had copied others' work and added them to his own writings ([[plagiarism]]). Ambrose [[denied]] these claims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/05/10/0510ambrose.html#331c1e026e03|title=Ambrose Problems Date Back To Ph.D. Thesis|author=Lewis, Mark|date=May 10, 2002|access-date=March 20, 2019|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Ambrose was born in [[Lovington, Illinois|Lovington]], [[Illinois]]. He grew up in [[Whitewater, Wisconsin|Whitewater]], [[Wisconsin]]. He married Judith Dorlester in 1957, and had two children with her. After Dorlester's death in 1965, he married Moira Buckley in 1967. He [[adopted]] her three children. Ambrose died of [[lung cancer]] on October 13, 2002 in [[Bay St. Louis, Mississippi|Bay St. Louis]], [[Mississippi]]. He was 66.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/14/arts/stephen-ambrose-historian-who-fueled-new-interest-in-world-war-ii-dies-at-66.html?scp=3&sq=stephen%20ambrose&st=nyt&pagewanted=2|title=Stephen Ambrose, Historian Who Fueled New Interest in World War II, Dies at 66|author=Goldstein, Richard|date=October 14, 2002|access-date=March 20, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0