Ariel Durant and Will Durant

Will Durant (1885-1981) and Ariel Durant (1898-1981), an American husband-and-wife duo, were renowned historians and writers best known for their 11-volume masterwork The Story of Civilization (1935-1975), with Ariel contributing increasingly from research assistant to coauthor; Will also authored the bestselling The Story of Philosophy (1926). They received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Ariel Durant