Douglas Brinkley
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1960-12-14
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As: Douglas Gregg Brinkley, Doug Brinkley
Biography
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
2005The Colbert Report
1979CBS News Sunday Morning
2018Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2017The Nineties
2022Jesse Watters Primetime
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2013Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
2020Fandango at the Wall
2017The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2023Rather
1997Anthem
2020Public Trust
2016Reagan: From Movie Star to President
2004Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
2010Theodore Roosevelt a Cowboys Ride to the White House
2009Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
2013