AKA Philip Shriver Klein

Born: 10-Jun-1909
Birthplace: Allentown, PA
Died: 15-Feb-1993
Location of death: State College, PA
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President James Buchanan

Military service: US Navy (WWII)

Father: H. M. J. Klein
Brother: Frederic Klein
Wife: Dorothy Orr (d. 1991, one son)
Son: J. Douglass Klein

    University: BA, Franklin and Marshall College (1929)
    University: MA International Law, University of Chicago (1932)
    University: PhD History, University of Pennsylvania (1938)
    Professor: History, Pennsylvania State University (1941-72)
    Department Chair: History, Pennsylvania State University (1953-56)

Author of books:
President James Buchanan: A Biography (1962, biography)
A History of Pennsylvania (1973, history)

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