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Jacob Abbott was an educationalist and author. He was born in Hallowell at Maine and educated at Bowdoin College and Andover. He entered the ministry of the Congregational Church.
He wrote religious and related works, mainly for the young.
The Beechnut Tales and Rollo Books are of note and still in circulation.
With his brothers, Gorham D. Abbott and John S.C. Abbott,founded the Abbott's Institution in New York City, a seminary for young ladies.
Brother of John Stevens Cabot Abbott.
Bibliography
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John W. Cousin
Chase, Stanley P. and Jacob Kimball Snyder. Dictionary of American Biography. Volume 1. Johnson, Allen, ed. New York: Scribner's. 1936.
Abbott, Lyman. Silhouettes of My Contemporaries. Toronto: Doubleday, 1992.
Gay, Carol. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 42. Glenn E. Estes, ed. Bruccoli: Detroit, 1985. 3 - 11.
Memorial Edition of "The Young Christian" (1882)
Essay by Lyman Abbott: "Jacob Abbott, Friend of Children" in Silhouettes of my Contemporaries (1921). Abbott Room of the Bowdoin Coll. Lib.
Abbott, Lysla I. "Jacob Abbott: A Goodly Heritage." Horn Book Magazine 30 (April 1954): 119 - 131.
Osgood, Fletcher. "Jacob Abbott, Neglected New England Author." New England Magazine. (June 1904): 471 - 479.
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Date of birth: 14 November 1803
Place of birth: Hallowell, Maine USA
Date of death: 31 October 1879
Genre: Religion
Father's name: Jacob Abbot the 2nd
Mother's name: Betsey Abbot
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