Hugh Ambrose

Hugh Alexander Ambrose 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.

Education

Ambrose received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Montana.

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.
Ambrose was also a former vice president of The National WWII Museum.

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.

With his family, he was a resident of Helena, Montana. He died in Helena of cancer at age 48. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.