Question: Facts: - death date: december 13 , 1994 - spouse: 3 , including dorothy alden koch - education: horace mann school yale university - children: william porter bestor thomas wheaton bestor theodore c. bestor - birth date: september 20 , 1908 - name: arthur eugene bestor , jr. . - parents: arthur e. bestor jeannette lemon - death place: seattle , washington - birth place: chautauqua , new york - occupation: historian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of arthur bestor .
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arthur eugene bestor , jr. -lrb- september 20 , 1908 -- december 13 , 1994 -rrb- was a historian of the united states , and during the 1950s a noted critic of american public education .