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George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.
George Bancroft (Worcester, 3 de outubro de 1800 – Washington, D.C., 17 de janeiro de 1891) foi um historiador e estadista americano, proeminente em sua carreira nos níveis nacional e internacional.
George Bancroft (born October 3, 1800, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.—died January 17, 1891, Washington, D.C.) was an American historian whose comprehensive 10-volume study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the “father of American history.”
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George Bancroft was a 19th-century American scholar, historian and political figure. Bancroft was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of a Revolutionary War veteran, and raised in an upper class family.
George Bancroft. In mid-nineteenth-century America, George Bancroft’s was a household name in polite, middle-class society. Generations of families purchased his multivolume History of the United States to understand the origins and trajectory of their young republic.
Quick Reference. (1800–1891), Massachusetts statesman and scholar, while holding various government posts obtained material for his monumental History of the United States (1834–76). As secretary of navy under Polk, he was instrumental in establishing Annapolis as the U.S. Naval Academy, and as secretary of war pro tem (May 1845) he sent ...
George Bancroft foi um historiador e estadista americano, proeminente em sua carreira nos níveis nacional e internacional. Durante seu mandato como Secretário da Marinha dos Estados Unidos, ele fundou a Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos em Anápolis em 1845.
