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For a distinguished American biography or autobiography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, Five hundred dollars ($500).

Edmund Pendleton 1721-1803 , by David J. Mays (Harvard Univ. Press )

The Jury

Julian P. Boyd

Bernard Mayo

Winners in Biography

1953 Prize Winners

No author named

For the section of its Sunday newspaper edited by Lester Markel and headed, "Review of the Week," which for seventeen years has brought enlightenment and intelligent commentary to its readers.