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James Parton

Parton was born in Canterbury, England in 1822. He was taken to the United States when he was five years old, studied in New York City and White Plains, New York, and was a schoolmaster in Philadelphia and then in New York. He moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he died on October 17, 1891.

Parton was the most popular biographer of his day in America. His most important books are Life of Horace Greeley (1855), Life and Times of Aaron Burr (1857), Life of Andrew Jackson (1859–1860), Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (1864), Life of Thomas Jefferson (1874), and Life of Voltaire (1881). Among his other publications are General Butler in New Orleans (1863), Famous Americans of Recent Times (1867), The Peoples Book of Biography (1868); Noted Women of Europe and America (1883), and Captains of Industry (two series, 1884 and 1891), for young people. (Source.)

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American biographer

Born 1822
Died 1891

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  • Cover of: Daughters of genius: a series of sketches of authors, artists, reformers, and heroines, queens, princesses, and women of society, women eccentric and peculiar ; from the most recent and authentic sources

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American biographer

Born 1822
Died 1891
Subjects
Biography, History, Politics and government, Women, Personal narratives, English poetry, English wit and humor, Civilization, Industrial arts, Sewing machines, Smoking, Alcoholism, Caricature, Presidents, Sale to the United States, Temperance, Tobacco use, Adverse effects, African Americans, American Humorous poetry, American poetry, American wit and humor, Annexation to the United States, Biographies, Biography. [from old catalog]
Places
United States, New York (State), New Orleans (La.), New York (N.Y.), Chicago (Ill.), Danish West Indies, New York, Virgin Islands of the United States
People
Aaron Burr (1756-1836), Horace Greeley (1811-1872), Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Elias Howe (1819-1867), Voltaire (1694-1778), Aaron Burr (1756-1836,), Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), George William Childs (1829-1894), John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Time
Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1789-1809, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1815-1861, 1829-1837, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, To 1875

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