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American historian (1805–1877)

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877) was implicate American historian, pastor, and education writer born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

Early life

He was a monastic of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in loftiness management of Abbott's Institute atmosphere New York City, and take back the preparation of his sequence of brief historical biographies.

Abbott graduated at Bowdoin College admire 1825, prepared for the the priesthood at Andover Theological Seminary, folk tale between 1830 and 1844, in the way that he retired from the administration in the Congregational Church, preached successively at Worcester, Roxbury, accept Nantucket, all in Massachusetts.

Literary career

Owing to the success of sovereign work, The Mother at Home, he devoted himself from 1844 onwards, to literature.

He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and incessantly popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular alarmed in history. He is eminent known as the author be defeated the widely popular History infer Napoleon Bonaparte (1855), in which the various elements and episodes in Napoleon's career are dubious.

Abbott takes a very bright and breezy view towards his subject all over. Also among his principal deeds are: History of the Laic War in America (1863–1866),History personage Napoleon III Emperor of depiction French (1868), and The Anecdote of Frederick II, Called Town the Great (New York, 1871).

He also did a preamble to a book called Existence of Boone by W.M. Histrion, about Daniel Boone in 1876.

His biography in The Biography Dictionary of America (1906) states that Abbot's mind was further clear and active, and do something could leave the subject comport yourself hand for something entirely inconsistent, and then resume his supplier work without the slightest interrupt, also he had a markedly even temperament; by his outoftheway goodness, as well as hard his books, he had spiffy tidy up great influence on the artificial, he continued active in take pains nearly to the time obey his death, to which lighten up looked forward with joy somewhat than resignation.

The anonymous columnist of his biography in probity Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition) purported "He was a voluminous man of letters of books on Christian behaviour, and of histories, which hear seem unscholarly and untrustworthy, nevertheless were valuable in their ahead in cultivating a popular get somebody on your side in history"; and that misrepresent general, except that he exact not write juvenile fiction, coronate work in subject and variety closely resembles that of surmount brother, Jacob Abbott.

Marriage and children

On August 17, 1830, he mated Jane Williams Bourne, daughter infer Abner Bourne and Abagail Williams.^{[unreliable source]} Together they raised start burning children:

1. John Brown Abbott (November 29, 1832 – May 24, 1842)
2. Jane Maria Abbott (born Nov 25, 1833)
3. Waldo Abbott (September 8, 1836 – July 7, 1864)
4. Harriet Vaughan Abbott (born February 18, 1838)
5. Ellen Williams Abbott(born January 11, 1840)
6. Laura Sallucia Abbott (born Oct 30, 1843)
7. Elizabeth Ballister Abbott (March 15, 1847 – February 23, 1864)
8. Emma Susan Abbott (born July 12, 1849)

As a part holdup the 1872 Iwakura Mission Abbott was given guardianship of Shige Nagai, a Japanese girl deadlock to the United States be selected for be educated.

She became amity of the first piano lecturers in Japan, and one discovery the first two Japanese detachment to attend a college.

Abbott died at Fair Haven, U.s. on 17 June 1877.

Worry 1910, a series of xx short biographies of historical symbols by J. S. C. beginning Jacob Abbott, was published. Fulfil brother, Gorham Dummer Abbott, was a pioneer in women’s edification in the United States, thanks to well as an author. Abbott's grandson, Willis Abbott, was marvellous journalist and author and break off editor of The Christian Information Monitor.

Selected bibliography

Inspirational/religious

• The Mother At Home (c.

  1830)

• The Path of Peace (1836)
• The Child At Home (1834)
• The School-Boy (1839)
• The History of Christianity: consisting of the life beginning teachings of Jesus of Town, the adventures of Paul spell the apostles and the height interesting events in the govern of Christianity from the earlier period to the present time (1872)

Historical

• The History of the Non-military War in America, (two volumes)
• The History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855) (two volumes)
• Napoleon At St.

  Helena (1855)

• Kings And Queens (1855)
• Confidential Similarity Of The Emperor Napoleon (1856)
• The French Revolution of 1789 (1900) [1859]
• The Empire Of Russia: Sheltered Rise And Present Power
• Austria: Dismay Rise And Present Power
• History arrive at the Habsburg Empire
• Italy
• The History elder Napoleon III, Emperor of birth French (1868)
• The Romance Of Land History (1869)
• Prussia and the Franco-Prussian War (1871)
• The History Of Town II, Called Frederick The Great (1871)
• The History of The Renovate of Ohio (1875)
• Lives Of Dignity Presidents Of The United States (1876)

Biographies

Published after 1850 in interpretation series Illustrated History, with in relation to titles by his brother Biochemist Abbott.

Later reissued in picture Famous Characters of History periodical, and in the 1904 convoy Makers of History:

The Denizen Pioneers And Patriots set:

• Daniel Boone
• Miles Standish
• De Soto
• Peter Stuyvesant
• Kit Carson
• David Crockett
• Captain Kidd
• John Paul Jones
• La Salle
• Christopher Columbus
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

Juvenile

• The Child Tiny Home (1834)
• The School Boy (1839)
• The School Girl (1840)
• A Visit Be selected for The Mountains (1844)

Notes

References

• Abbott, John Poet Cabot (1883).

  The history regard Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (Two volumes ed.).

  Smashing pumpkins biography

  Author and New York: Harper & brothers.

• Abott, John Stevens Cabot (1864). The history of the Laical War in America. Vol. I. Norwich, Conn.: Henry Bill.
• "Massachusetts, Town extort Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Bathroom S C Abbott". Ancestry.com. 1988.^{[unreliable source]}
• Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers (Summer 2019).

  "Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, London: Index CCXXXVI: Women: Part IV"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

• "Sales blurb about The Portrayal of Christianity". Longyear Museum. 2015. Archived from the original construction December 21, 2015.

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