Author:William Hickling Prescott

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William Hickling Prescott
(1796–1859)

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American historian and hispanist who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of the 19th century

Works

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic
1st edition (1837), in 4 vols.

10th edition (1846), in 3 vols.
History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843), in 3 vols.
Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (1845) (transcription project)
History of the Conquest of Peru (1847), in 2 vols.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain (1856–1858), in 4 vols.
Memoir of the Honorable Abbott Lawrence (1856)
The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth (1864)

Works about Prescott

Life of William Hickling Prescott (1864), by George Ticknor (external scan)
"Prescott, William Hickling," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Prescott, William Hickling," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Prescott, William Hickling," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

On his works

"Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico" in Littell's Living Age, 1 (1) (1844)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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