Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

The Philadelphia Negro
Book 1967

Summary: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Born: 1868-02-23 [2][6]
Birth Place: Great Barrington, Mass. [2]; Great Barrington [6]
Died: 1963-08-27 [2][6]
Death Place: Accra [2][6]
Country: Ghana [2]; United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: historian [6]; novelist [6]; philosopher [6]; writer [6]; sociologist [6]; social worker [6]; human rights defender [6]; photographer [6]; poet [6]; autobiographer [6]; opinion journalist [6]; teacher [6]; journalist [6]; art historian [6]; economist [6]
Employer: The New School [6]; Wilberforce University [6]; University of Georgia [6]; University of Pennsylvania [6]; Clark Atlanta University [6]
Educated at: Searles High School [6]; Harvard College [6]; Fisk University [6]; Heidelberg University [6]; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin [6]; Harvard University [6]
Country of Education: Germany [6]; United States [6]
Archives at: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library [6]; University of Massachusetts Amherst [6]; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture [6]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]
Notable Names Database: Profile [6]
Oxford Reference: Overview [6]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Danish Bibliographic Centre; 6. Wikidata

Last updated Dec 24, 2025