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- Birth nameJames Hadley Billington
- James H. Billington was born on June 1, 1929 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for These Amazing Shadows (2011), The Face of Russia (1998) and The Race to Save 100 Years (1997). He was married to Marjorie Anne Brennan. He died on November 20, 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- SpouseMarjorie Anne Brennan(1957 - November 20, 2018) (his death, 4 children)
- He attended Princeton University, and earned his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. After serving in the Army, he taught history at Harvard and Princeton universities.
- In 1987, he was appointed the 13th Librarian of Congress and leader of the oldest US federal cultural institution.
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