Birth Date: | August 12, 1966 |
Birth Name: | Hugh Alexander Ambrose |
Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Death Place: | Helena, Montana, U.S. |
Occupation: | Historian, Author |
Spouse: | Andrea (Loiacano) Ambrose |
Children: | Brody Ambrose, Elizabeth Ambrose |
Hugh Alexander Ambrose (August 12, 1966 – May 23, 2015) was an American historian and the author of a best-selling popular history The Pacific which details the Pacific Theater in World War II. Ambrose rose to prominence as a researcher for and collaborator with his father, historian Stephen E. Ambrose.
Ambrose received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Montana.[1]
Ambrose collaborated with his father on the book The Pacific. Following the elder Ambrose's death from cancer in 2002, Hugh Ambrose finished the book and served as a project consultant on the television series of the same name.[2]
Ambrose was also a former vice president of The National WWII Museum.[1] [2]
He was a trustee for the Lewis and Clark Library in Helena. He served on the board of the Myrna Loy Center for the Performing and Media Arts also in Helena.[3]
With his family, he was a resident of Helena, Montana.[1] He died in Helena of cancer at age 48. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.[3]