MOSES COIT TYLER
\mˈə͡ʊzɪz kˈɔ͡ɪt tˈa͡ɪlə], \mˈəʊzɪz kˈɔɪt tˈaɪlə], \m_ˈəʊ_z_ɪ_z k_ˈɔɪ_t t_ˈaɪ_l_ə]\
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An American educator and author; born in Griswold, Conn., Aug. 2, 1835; died at Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1900. He graduated at Yale in 1857; and was pastor of a Congregational church 1860-62. From 1867 to 1881 he was professor in the University of Michigan; and after that was professor of American history in Cornell University. He published: "Brawnville Papers" (1868); "History of American Literature" (1878); "Manual of English Literature" (1879); "Life of Patrick Henry" (1887); "Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-83" (2 vols., 1887); "Three Men of Letters" (1895).
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].
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