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Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley

Birthday: 1960-12-14 | Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Douglas Brinkley (born December 14, 1960) is an American author, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley is a history commentator for CNN, Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society, and a contributing editor to the magazine Vanity Fair. He is a public spokesperson on conservation issues. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007. Brinkley joined the board of directors for the National Archives Foundation in 2023.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Rather

as    Self - Historian & Author

2020
Fandango at the Wall

as    Self

2017
The Obama Years: The Power of Words

as    Self - Presidential Historian

2016
2013
Henry Ford

as    Himself