Jonathan Baxter Harrison | |
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 Jonathan Baxter Harrison, around 1880 | |
| Born | April 5, 1835 Greene County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 1907 Franklin, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, Unitarian minister |
| Known for | advocacy of forest preservation; studies of New England working class, Indian reservations, and post Civil War South |
Jonathan Baxter Harrison (April 5, 1835 – June 17, 1907), was a Unitarian minister and journalist who was involved in many of the social causes of his day: abolitionism, Indian rights, forest preservation, and the cultural improvement of the working class. Best known for his realistic depictions of everyday American life, he is acknowledged as an important influence in the development of literary realism.[1]
- ^ (Fryckstedt 1958)