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Peter Schrag

American journalist and political historian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ110949448 ↗
Source-derived summary

Peter Schrag (July 24, 1931 – March 19, 2026) was an American journalist and author. He was the editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee from 1978 to 1997. Schrag died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 94.

Editorial summary

“Peter Schrag” enters the record as american journalist and political historian. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Peter, Schrag and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 2026, 1978, 1997—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1931, 1931-07-24—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Peter, Schrag and American.
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Why this record matters

“Peter Schrag” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Peter, Schrag and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q110949448. VIAF identifies the subject as 22434147. The Library of Congress control number is n50002858. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 2026, 1978 and 1997.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Schrag” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.