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William Du Bois's paternal great-grandfather was James Du Bois of Poughkeepsie, New York, an ethnic French-American of Huguenot origin who fathered several children with enslaved women. [9] One of James' mixed-race sons was Alexander, who was born on Long Cay in the Bahamas in 1803; in 1810, he immigrated to the United States with his father. [10]
William Sherman Pène du Bois [a] (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for The Twenty-One Balloons , published in April 1947 by Viking Press , for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal .
William DuBois (writer) (1903–1997), American playwright, novelist, and editor of The New York Times Book Review; William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963), American sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist; William H. Dubois (1835–1907), Vermont businessman and political figure
The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa, an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions ...
William DuBois was born in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1903, to parents Virginia Markel DuBois and William Henry Thompson DuBois. [1] [2] He graduated from Columbia University in 1925 with a degree in journalism and upon graduation went to work at The New York Times in 1926.
William Dubois (1841 – April 29, 1910) was an American civil servant who served as Chief Usher of the White House in Washington, D.C., from June 1896 to January 1901.He was the first person to formally receive the title Chief Usher, although in previous years it had been used unofficially and in press reports.
William Dubois (1879–1953) was an American architect and politician. He was a prolific architect in Wyoming and nearby states, and served five terms in both houses of the Wyoming Legislature . Life and career
William Du Bois Duddell (1 July 1872, in Kensington, London [5] – 4 November 1917, in Wandsworth, London) [6] [7] was an English physicist and electrical engineer. His inventions include the moving coil oscillograph , [ 8 ] as well as the thermo-ammeter and thermo-galvanometer .