<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> W.E.B. Du Bois </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> W.E.B. Du Bois in 1918 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868 - 02 - 23) February 23, 1868 Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> August 27, 1963 (1963 - 08 - 27) (aged 95) Accra, Ghana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Residence </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. </Li> <Li> New York City, New York, U.S. </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Fisk University </Li> <Li> Harvard University </Li> <Li> University of Berlin </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> The Souls of Black Folk </Li> <Li> Black Reconstruction in America </Li> <Li> The Crisis </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Nina Gomer (m . 1896; d . 1950) </Li> <Li> Lola Shirley Graham Jr . (m . 1951; his death 1963) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Spingarn Medal 1920 Lenin Peace Prize 1959 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Scientific career </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fields </Th> <Td> Civil rights, sociology, history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Institutions </Th> <Td> Atlanta University, NAACP </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Thesis </Th> <Td> The suppression of the African slave - trade to the United States of America, 1638--1870 (1896) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Doctoral advisor </Th> <Td> Albert Bushnell Hart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Influences </Th> <Td> Alexander Crummell William James </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> W.E.B. Du Bois </Th> </Tr>

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