GEORGE BANCROFT
\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒ bˈankɹɒft], \dʒˈɔːdʒ bˈankɹɒft], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ b_ˈa_n_k_ɹ_ɒ_f_t]\
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An eminent American historian and statesman; born in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 3, 1800; died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 17. 1891. After graduation from Harvard in 1817, he studied at Gottingen and Heidelberg. He taught Greek at Harvard; founded the Round Hill School at Northampton, Mass.; was collector of the port of Boston in 1838; and in 1845 was appointed Secretary of the Navy in Polk's Cabinet. His principal literary work is the "History of the United States", the first volume of which appeared in 1834. The last revised edition is in 6 volumes (New York, 1884-85). His minor publications include: "Poems" (Cambridge, 1823); a translation of Heeren's "Politics of Ancient Greece" (Boston, 1824); "Literary and Historical Miscellanies" (New York, 1855; and "Abraham Lincoln", an address (Washington, 1866).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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