What is Richard Hofstadter?
'''Richard Hofstadter''' (August 6, 1916 – October 24, 1970) was an American [[historian]] and educator. He was born in [[Buffalo, New York]]. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at [[Columbia University]].<ref>Geary (2007), pp. 430, 425</ref> His most important works are ''Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860–1915'' (1944); ''[[The American Political Tradition]]'' (1948); ''[[The Age of Reform]]'' (1955); ''[[Anti-intellectualism in American Life]]'' (1963), and the essays collected in ''[[The Paranoid Style in American Politics]]'' (1964). He was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]] two times: in 1956 and 1964.<ref>{{Citation | last = Benét | title = Reader's Encyclopedia | edition = 4th | year = 1996 | page = 478}}.</ref> Hofstadter died on October 24, 1970 in [[New York City]] of [[leukemia]], aged 54. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofstadter, Richard}} [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:1970 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from Buffalo, New York]] {{US-bio-stub}}