[2] The family emigrated in 1900, living for several months in London 1900–01 en route to the United States, where they arrived in 1901.

[citation needed] Louis had lived in Will and Ariel's home with his mother, Flora, when he was quite young (1920 Census).

[1] The Durants were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of The Story of Civilization.

In 1977 they were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford, and Ariel was named "Woman of the Year" by the city of Los Angeles.

The Durants died within two weeks of each other in 1981 and are buried at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.