Francis Parkman

Historian, Author

1823 – 1893

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Who was Francis Parkman?

Francis Parkman, Jr. was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic.

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Born
Sep 16, 1823
Boston
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Law School
  • Harvard College
Employment
  • Harvard University
Lived in
  • Boston
Died
Nov 8, 1893
Jamaica Plain

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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