Bayard Tuckerman
American biographer and historian
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| Intro | American biographer and historian | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| was | Writer Biographer Historian | ||
| Work field | Literature Science Social science | ||
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| Birth | 2 July 1855, New York City, New York, U.S.A. | ||
| Death | 20 October 1923 (aged 68 years) | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Biography
Bayard Tuckerman (2 July 1855 New York City - 20 October 1923) was a United States biographer and historian.
Biography
He studied for two years in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Pension Roulet, and later graduated from Harvard in 1878, and became a writer on historical and literary subjects. He lectured on English literature for Princeton University 1898-1907. He married Annie Osgood Smith in 1882; they had four children, among whom was Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., a noted jockey.
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- History of English Prose Fiction (New York, 1882)
- Life of General Lafayette (1889)
- The Diary of Philip Hone (1889)
- William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery (1894)
- Life of General Philip Schuyler (1903)