William Bayard Hale (1869 – April 10, 1924) was an American

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. He wrote the 1912 campaign biography of

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to serve as president during the Prog ...

. Later, after souring on Wilson, he wrote a derisive critique of Wilson's literary style.Hale, William Bayard, ''The Story of a Style''.
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Barbara Tuchman Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian, journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for '' The Guns of August'' (1962), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first mo ...

's ''The Zimmerman Telegram'' as a German propaganda agent. According to the ''Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia'' (6th edition, 2012), He died in Munich on April 10, 1924.

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