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          Philip Van Doren Stern

          American writer and historian (1900–1984)

          Philip Van Doren Stern (September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story "The Greatest Gift", published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

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        3. BIOGRAPHY: Philip Van Doren Stern, an American novelist, historian, and anthologist, was born on September 19, in the town of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
        4. Philip Van Doren Stern (–) was an American author, editor, and Civil War historian whose story, “The Greatest Gift,” became the basis of the classic.

          5. Early life

          Philip Van Doren Stern was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, into a family of humble means. His Pennsylvania-born father, Isadore Ullman, was a traveling merchant of BavarianJewish[1] descent, who came to Wyalusing from West Virginia with his New Jersey-born wife, the former Anne Van Doren.

          Stern grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City before graduating from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.[2][3]

          Career

          After graduating from Rutgers in 1924, Stern worked in advertising before switching to a career as a designer and editor in publishing.

          He was an historian and author of some 40 works, an