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| Born | Charles Lincoln Van Doren ()February 12, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, () (aged 93) Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Known for | s quiz show scandals |
| Spouse(s) | Geraldine Ann Bernstein (m.) |
| Children | 2 |
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Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, – April 9, ) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the s.
In he testified before the U.S. Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One. Terminated by NBC, he joined Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in , becoming a vice-president and writing and editing many books before retiring in
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Charles Van Doren in , with his parents Dorothy and Mark Van Doren
Charles Van Doren was born in