Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman
Parkman in 1889
Parkman in 1889
Born(1823-09-16)September 16, 1823
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 8, 1893(1893-11-08) (aged 70)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationHistorian, writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
SpouseCatherine Scollay Bigelow
Children3, Grace, Francis III, and Katherine Scollay
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Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) 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. Parkman wrote essays opposed to legal voting for women that continued to circulate long after his death. Parkman was a trustee of the Boston Athenæum from 1858 until his death in 1893.[1]

  1. ^ Sheola, Noah (June 8, 2011). "Francis Parkman". Boston Athenaeum. Retrieved March 3, 2016.