Don E. Fehrenbacher

Don Edward Fehrenbacher
Born	(1920-08-21)August 21, 1920 Sterling, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 13, 1997(1997-12-13) (aged 77) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Education	Cornell College (BA) University of Oxford (MA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
Occupation	History professor
Known for	19th century U.S. history

Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian.^[1] He wrote on politics, slavery, and Abraham Lincoln. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics, his book about the Dred Scott Decision.^[2] In 1977 David M. Potter's The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861, which he edited and completed, won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1997 he won the Lincoln Prize.