Please answer the following question: What key details about james thomas flexner can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james thomas flexner -lrb- january 13 , 1908 -- february 13 , 2003 -rrb- was an american historian and biographer best known for the four-volume biography of george washington that earned him a national book award in biography and a special pulitzer prize . his one-volume abridgment , '' washington : the indispensable man '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- was the basis of two television miniseries broadcast in the mid-1980s starring barry bostwick as washington .
Answer:
- death place is new york city- period is 1937 -- 1996- death date is 13 february 2003- genre is history , biography- spouse is beatrice hudson flexner- children is helen flexner- birth date is 13 january 1908- name is james thomas flexner- image is james thomas flexner.jpg- birth place is new york city , new york city- occupation is writer