Historians William H. Prescott

William H. Prescott

Living place: Massachusetts

Birthday: 4-5-1796

Global rank: #38002

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Who is Historians William H. Prescott?
19th century American historian and author whose best-known works include History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) and History of the Catholic Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella (1837). His work focuses mainly on the Spanish military and political history.
He is known to all like America's first historical scientist.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He began studying at Harvard University when he was fifteen years old. He began studying for his first major work, The History of Ferdinand and Isabella, in the mid-1820s.

Family life info

He and his wife, Susan Amory Prescott, have four children. Their first daughter, Catherine, died at the age of five, and their son, William Gardiner Prescott, studied at Harvard University and became a Boston-based attorney.

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Like Prescott, Francis Van Wyck Mason is also a historian from Massachusetts.

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When was Historians William H. Prescott born?
William H. Prescott was born in 4-5-1796, death year is , at the age of 228.
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William H. Prescott was born in Massachusetts, . is a Historians, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. William H. Prescott's global rank is 38002 and whose rank is 3 in list of famous Historians.
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Events in 1796 and 4-5

Birthday William H. Prescott (4-5) in history

  • Day 4-5 year 1626: Dutch Governor Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 in cloth and brass buttons.
  • Day 4-5 year 1886: The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
  • Day 4-5 year 1932: Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
  • Day 4-5 year 1959: The first Grammy Awards were held.
  • Day 4-5 year 1961: Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
  • Day 4-5 year 1970: Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
  • Day 4-5 year 1998: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.
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