![]() ![]() Nevins then accepted positions with the New York Evening Post and The Nation and worked as a journalist in New York City for twenty years, as well as continued writing and editing history books. Nevins wrote his first book, The Life of Robert Rogers (1914) (about a Colonial American frontiersman and Loyalist) and a history of the University of Illinois (1917) during his postgraduate studies in that institution. He married Mary Fleming (Richardson) in 1916, and the couple had two daughters, Anne Elizabeth and Meredith. ![]() After education in local public schools, Nevins attended the University of Illinois, where he earned an M.A. His father was of Scottish heritage and his mother German. ![]() Nevins was born in Camp Point, Illinois, the son of Emma (née Stahl) and Joseph Allan Nevins, whom he later described as a stern Presbyterian farmer. He was a leading exponent of business history and oral history. Rockefeller, as well as his public service. Joseph Allan Nevins (– March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and John D. ![]()
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