George Bancroft
Historian, Organization leader
1800 – 1891
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Who was George Bancroft?
George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
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- Born
- Oct 3, 1800
Worcester - Also known as
- Банкрофт, Джордж
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Harvard University
- University of Göttingen
- Harvard College
- Lived in
- Worcester
- Washington, D.C.
- Died
- Jan 17, 1891
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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