Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Born Mary Elizabeth Brown
(1951-03-15)March 15, 1951
Gary, Indiana
Died April 13, 2015(2015-04-13) (aged 64)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation Diplomat, historian
Language English
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
University of London
Northwestern University
Notable works Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through his Private Letters
Notable awards Lincoln Prize (2008)
Spouse Anthony Pryor
Frank Parker

Elizabeth Brown Pryor (March 15, 1951 – April 13, 2015) was an American diplomat and historian.

Career

She was born Mary Elizabeth Brown in Gary, Indiana. Her father worked for AT&T, and the family moved multiple times for his job. She finished her secondary school education in Summit, New Jersey and attended Northwestern University. Upon her graduation in 1973, Pryor began working for the United States Park Service. She also obtained a second bachelor's degree from the University of London and a masters in history from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1983, Brown joined the Department of State. She formulated the policy, known as the Pryor Paper, that eventually led the United States to rejoin UNESCO in 2003.[1]

In 2008, Pryor was awarded the Lincoln Prize for Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through his Private Letters. She shared the honor with James Oakes, who won for The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics. Pryor's book is notable for using hundreds of Lee's previously unpublished private letters to create a fresh biography of the Confederate general. Pryor is also the author of the biography Clara Barton: Professional Angel about the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton.

She was married and divorced twice, first to Anthony Pryor, then Frank Parker.[1]

Pryor was killed in a rear end vehicle accident with Robert Stevens Gentil[2] in Richmond, Virginia on April 13, 2015.[3][4] She is survived by her mother, Mary Brown Hamingson, and two sisters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Schudel, Matt (April 16, 2015). "Elizabeth Brown Pryor, biographer of Robert E. Lee and Clara Barton, dies". Washington Post. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ McKelway, Bill (April 17, 2015). "Judge sets $50,000 bond for driver in Grove Avenue traffic fatality". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Author, Robert E. Lee historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor killed in Grove Avenue crash". WTVR.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ McKelway, Bill (April 14, 2015). "Victim of Grove Avenue crash identified as author, historian Elizabeth Pryor". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 18, 2015.

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