Joseph Ellis net worth and salary: Joseph Ellis is a Novelist who has a net worth of $9 Million. Joseph Ellis was born in in July 18, 1943. Notable for his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and for his National Book Award-winning work American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, Ellis also wrote several works focusing on the lives of first and second United States Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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💰Joseph Ellis Net worth: $9 Million (Updated at 15 March 2019)
About
Notable for his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and for his National Book Award-winning work American Sphinx: The Character of John Adams.
Before Fame
After graduating from Virginia's College of William and Mary, he earned his doctorate from Yale University and subsequently taught at the U.S. Military Academy, followed by Mount Holyoke College.
Trivia
He stirred controversy and was temporarily relieved of his teaching duties at Mount Holyoke College after he falsely claimed both to his university students and to media outlets that he had served in the Vietnam War.
Family Life
Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, he later settled in Amherst, Massachusetts. His marriage to Ellen Wilkins Ellis resulted in three children.
Associated With
Ellis' works and those of fellow historical writer Douglass Adair both focus on the United States' Founding Fathers.
