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For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

Charles W. Eliot , by Henry James (Houghton )

The Jury

Royal Cortissoz(Chair)

Richard Burton

George McL. Harper

Winners in Biography

1931 Prize Winners