''Jefferson and His Time'' is a six-volume biography of US President

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the natio ...

by American historian

Dumas Malone Dumas Malone (January 10, 1892 – December 27, 1986) was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, '' Jefferson and His Time'', for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history ...

, published between 1948 and 1981. The six volumes were published individually as follows: *''Jefferson the Virginian'' (1948) *''Jefferson and the Rights of Man'' (1951) *''Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty'' (1962) *''Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801–1805'' (1970) *''Jefferson the President: Second Term, 1805–1809'' (1974) *''The Sage of Monticello'' (1981) His work on the series gave Malone a reputation as "the world's leading Jefferson scholar". For the fifth volume, he was awarded the 1975

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

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