Born: 15-Feb-1899
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 13-Mar-1978
Location of death: Santa Cruz, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Robber Barons

Father: Julius Josephson
Mother: Sarah Kasindorf
Wife: Hannah Geffen

    University: Columbia University (1920)

Author of books:
Zola and His Time (1928, biography)
The Robber Barons, The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901 (1934, nonfiction)
The Politicos: 1865-1896 (1938, nonfiction)
Victor Hugo (1942, biography)
Stendhal (1946, biography)
Sidney Hillman (1952, biography)
Edison (1959, biography)
Life Among the Surrealists (1962, memoir)
Infidel in the Temple (1967, memoir)
The Money Lords, The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925-1950 (1972, nonfiction)

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