James Parton

James Parton
Parton c. 1870
Parton c. 1870
Born(1822-02-09)February 9, 1822
Canterbury, England
DiedOctober 17, 1891(1891-10-17) (aged 69)
Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationWriter
SubjectBiography
Spouse
  • (m. 1856; died 1872)
  • Ellen Willis Eldredge
    (m. 1876)

James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an English-born American biographer who wrote books on the lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, and contributed three biographies to Eminent Women of the Age.[1]

  1. ^ "WorldCat Directory". Worldcat. (see "Selected Works," below).