James Parton | |
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Born | Canterbury, England | February 9, 1822
Died | October 17, 1891 Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 69)
Occupation | Writer |
Subject | Biography |
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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]