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Author

William Henry Bishop

American writer and US consul at Palermo and Genoa, Italy (1847–1928)

Born
January 7, 1847, Hartford
Died
September 26, 1928, Brooklyn
Nationality
United States
Occupation
Novelist and writer

Life and work

William Henry Bishop (January 7, 1847 – September 26, 1928) was an American novelist.

Biography

William Henry Bishop was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on January 7, 1847. He graduated from Yale University in 1867, where he later went on to teach.

He married Mary Dearborn Jackson on July 28, 1886, and they had two children.

He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature in 1918.

He died in Brooklyn, Connecticut, on September 26, 1928, and was buried at the Old Cemetery in East Haven.

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Collection

Books by William Henry Bishop

1 book