Carl Van Doren

Carl Van Doren
Van Doren as the commencement speaker for the University of Kentucky in 1929
Born	Carl Clinton Van Doren (1885-09-10)September 10, 1885 Hope, Illinois, US
Died	July 18, 1950(1950-07-18) (aged 64) Torrington, Connecticut, US
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BA) Columbia University (PhD)
Spouses	Irita Bradford (1912–1935), Jean Wright Gorman (1939–1945)

Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.

He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin.