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Jon Meacham

Jon Ellis Meacham (; born May 20, 1969) is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021. A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to ''The New York Times'' Book Review, a contributing editor to ''Time'' magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek''. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for ''American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House''. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University. Provided by Wikipedia