Philip van doren stern biography definition
Philip van doren stern biography definition
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Philip Van Doren Stern
American writer and historian (1900–1984)
Philip Van Doren Stern (September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story "The Greatest Gift", published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
Early life
Philip Van Doren Stern was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, into a family of humble means. His Pennsylvania-born father, Isadore Ullman, was a traveling merchant of BavarianJewish[1] descent, who came to Wyalusing from West Virginia with his New Jersey-born wife, the former Anne Van Doren.
Stern grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City before graduating from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.[2][3]
Career
After graduating from Rutgers in 1924, Stern worked in advertising before switching to a career as a designer and editor in publishing.
He was an historian and author of some 40 works, an