GIDEON HIRAM HOLLISTER
\ɡˈɪdɪən hˈa͡ɪɹəm hˈɒlɪstə], \ɡˈɪdɪən hˈaɪɹəm hˈɒlɪstə], \ɡ_ˈɪ_d_ɪ__ə_n h_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_m h_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_s_t_ə]\
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An American lawyer and miscellaneous writer; born at Washington, Conn., 1817; died 1881. His home was in Litchfield, Conn. He was minister to Hayti 1868-69. He wrote: "Mount Hope" (1851), a historical romance; "History of Connecticut" (2 vols., 1855); "Thomas a Becket, a Tragedy; and Other Poems" (1866); and "Kinley Hollow" (1882), a novel, published posthumously.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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