Lee Edwards
Lee Edwards (December 1, 1932 – December 12, 2024) was an American conservative political writer and historian. He was born in Chicago. He taught at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He was a historian of the conservative movement in America and of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan.[1][2]
Edwards was the author or editor of 25 books,[3][4] and wrote about biographies of President Ronald Reagan, Senator Barry Goldwater, Attorney General Edwin Meese III and William F. Buckley, Jr.. He was the Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Edwards died on December 12, 2024 in Arlington County, Virginia from pancreatic cancer at the age of 92.[5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hoplin, Nicole; Robinson, Ron (2008). Funding fathers: the unsung heroes of the conservative movement. Regnery Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-59698-562-9.
- ↑ Regnery, Alfred S. (2008). Upstream: the ascendance of American conservatism. Regnery Publishing. p. x. ISBN 978-1-4165-2288-1.
- ↑ "Lee Edwards Profile". Comment Is Free. The Guardian.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ↑ "Lee Edwards". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Butler, Jack. "Lee Edwards, R.I.P." National Review. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ↑ "Lee Edwards, Historian of the Conservative Movement, Dies at 92". The New York Times. December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
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