George Bancroft
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Education, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Historians, Democracy, Nationalism
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Contributing greatly to both scholarly and popular thought in the nineteenth century United States, George Bancroft explained the transformation of the British Colonies into the United States in terms of the growth and development of liberty, democracy, and nationalism.
Early Life
George Bancroft was born on October 3, 1800, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the eighth of thirteen children produced by the union of Aaron Bancroft and Lucretia Chandler, both of whom came from old-stock New England families. Lucretia Chandler, the...
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