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A man of enthusiasm and endless energy with his performance from the pulpit said to be "strongly evangelistic, little philosophical, but well supplied with historical illustrations and aiming chiefly at practical piety"
"I have written fifty-four volumes. In every one it has been my endeavor to make the inhabitants of this sad world more brotherly - better and wiser"
Chase, Stanely P. and Robert Edmond Ham. Dictionary of American Biography. Volume 1. Johnson, Allen, ed. New York: Scribner's. 1936.
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Education
Hallowell and Portland Academies in Maine
Bowdoin College graduated in 1825
He studied theology.
Employment
After 1826 principal of of the academy in Amherst, Massachusetts and then attended Andover Seminary.
Ordained on January 28, 1830 at Worcester, Mass.
Became a minister of the Congregational Church at various places in Massachusetts and Connecticut
Became a teacher at Abbott's Institution in New York city
Contributions
Following the successful publication of his work The Mother at Home 1844, he involved himself increasingly in historical writing. He became a noted author who wrote extensively about European and US history.
His works are detailed below.
Relatives and Influences
Younger brother of Jacob Abbott.
Other brothers - Gorham D. Abbott and John S.C. Abbott
Graduated with Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the class of 1825 at Bowdoin College.
Bibliography
Chase, Stanely P. and Robert Edmond Ham. Dictionary of American Biography. Volume 1. Johnson, Allen, ed. New York: Scribner's. 1936.
Memorial of John S.C. Abbott by Rev. Horatio O. Ladd (1878).
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Published some 54 works. Some details below.
1833 - The Mother at Home, or the Principles of Maternal Duty Familiarly Illustrated, American Tract Society [NF]
1833 - The Child At Home, Or, The Principles Of Filial Duty [NF]
1847 - New England, And Her Institutions [NF]
1848 - Kings And Queens; Or, Life In The Palace [NF]
1850 - Madame Roland [NF]
1851-56 - The History Of Napoleon Bonaparte [NF] in Harper's Magazine (1851-1854)and published in 1855 in book form.
1855 - History of Hernando Cortez [NF]
1857 - History of King Philip, sovereign chief of the Wampanoags including the early history of the settlers of New England [NF]
1859 - Austria [NF]
1859 - The Empire Of Austria: Its Rise And Present Power [NF]
1859 - The French Revolution Of 1789, As Viewed In The Light Of Republican Institutions [NF]
1860 - South and north; or, Impressions received during a trip to Cuba and the south. [NF]
1860 - The Empire Of Russia; From The Remotest Periods To The Present Time [NF]
1867 - Lives Of The Presidents Of The United States Of America From Washington To The Present Time [NF]
1870 - The History Of Napoleon III, Emperor Of The French [NF]
1870 - The History Of Hortense, Daughter Of Josephine, Queen Of Holland, Mother Of Napoleon III [NF]
1871 - Louis XIV [NF]
1871 - Prussia And The Franco-Prussian War. Containing A Brief Narrative Of The Origin Of The Kingdom [NF]
1872 - American Pioneers And Patriots [NF]
1872 - Daniel Boone, The Pioneer Of Kentucky [NF]
1873 - Ferdinand De Soto. The Discoverer Of The Mississippi [NF]
1874 - David Crockett: His Life and Adventures [NF]
1875 - The life of Christopher Columbus [NF]
1875 - The History Of Maine, From The Earliest Discovery Of The Region By The Northmen Until The Present [NF]
1875 - George Washington; or, Life in America One Hundred Years Ago. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1875 - Peter Stuyvesant, The Last Dutch Governor Of New Amsterdam [NF]
1875 - Adventures of the Chevalier de la Salle and His Companions: In Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago [NF]
1876 - Benjamin Franklin. a Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation, One Hundred Years Ago. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1876 - Captain William Kidd, and Others of the Pirates or Buccaneers Who Ravaged the Seas, the Islands, and the Continents of America Two Hundred Years Ago. [NF]
1876 - Christopher Carson. Familiarly Known as Kit Carson. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1876 - Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1876 - Ferdinand De Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1876 - The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1876 - Miles Standish, the Puritan Captain. Series: American Pioneers and Patriots. [NF]
1883 - The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. to Which is Added a Sketch of the Life of the Late Emperor Napoleon the Third.[NF]
1899 - Louis Philippe [NF]
???? - History of the Civil War in America (1863-66)[NF]
???? - History of Frederick the Great (1871) [NF]
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Author
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Date of birth: 18 September 1805
Place of birth: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Date of death: 17 June 1877
Place of death: Fair Haven, Connecticut
Genre: Historical Author
Father's name: Jacob Abbot the 2nd
Mother's name: Betsey Abbot
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