Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed "From Dawn to Decadence," ...

More than eight years ago, I went to my mailbox in the newsroom of the San Antonio Express-News, found a letter addressed to me from Jacques Barzun and almost collapsed from the anticipated ...

The great historian Jacques Barzun is dead at 104. He said western civilization is in decline. We’ll debate. Sacco di Roma 455 (WikiCommons) Civilizations rise and fall. Last week, a great narrator of ...

Thanks to Jacques Barzun for a life of teaching that began at age 9 and erupted in an unbelievably great book at the age of 92. He died this past October at 104, leaving thousands grateful for all ...

Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed "From Dawn to Decadence," ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NONFICTION: INTELLECTUAL EXPLORATION Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind by Michael Murray (Frederic C. Beil) Just before World War I, Jacques Barzun — ...

The San Antonio Symphony will honor internationally acclaimed scholar and San Antonio resident Jacques Barzun with a free public concert of music by Barzun's favorite composer, Hector Berlioz, at 7 ...

Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed “From Dawn to Decadence,” ...

Jacques Barzun, one of the most influential historians, educators and thinkers of the 20th century, died Thursday, just one month shy of his 105th birthday. Barzun seemed to have a limitless capacity ...

Jacques Barzun, one of the most influential historians, educators and thinkers of the 20th century, died Thursday, just one month shy of his 105th birthday. Barzun seemed to have a limitless capacity ...