Jean Edward Smith Books
Jean Edward Smith was an American political scientist and biographer whose work explored U.S. political leadership and institutions. He taught at the University of Toronto and Marshall University, where he held the John…
Jean Edward Smith was an American political scientist and biographer whose work explored U.S. political leadership and institutions. He taught at the University of Toronto and Marshall University, where he held the John Marshall Professorship of Political Science. His books include John Marshall: Definer of a Nation, Grant, FDR, and Eisenhower in War and Peace. FDR and Eisenhower in War and Peace were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Smith’s writing drew on extensive research to examine the lives and decisions of influential public figures. He died in 2019.
