Background
Durant, Ariel was born on May 10, 1898 in Russia. Daughter of Joseph and Ethel (Appel) Kaufman.
Durant, Ariel was born on May 10, 1898 in Russia. Daughter of Joseph and Ethel (Appel) Kaufman.
Came to the United States, 1900, naturalized, 1913. Student Columbia University. Doctor of Laws, Long Island University, 1968, Doctor of Letters, 1968.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Akron University, 1969, Ripon College, 1970.
Benvenuta. Collaborator with husband on books, 1957-1981. Publications include The Age of Reason Begins, 1961. The Age of Louis XIV, 1963.
The Age of Voltaire, 1965.
Rosseau and Revolution, 1967 (Pulitzer prize 1968). The Lessons of History, 1968.
Interpretations of Life, 1970. The Age of Napoleon, 1975.
A Dual Autobiography, 1977.
Married Will Durant, October 31, 1913.