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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1791 - 1871

Biography

George Ticknor was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 1, 1791. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1807, but continued his study of Latin and Greek privately. He was admitted to the bar in 1813, but realized soon after that he was attracted more to classics than to the law. In 1815, he sailed for England and remained in Europe for the next four years where he moved among society, literary, and scientific circles and spent twenty months at the University of Göttingen in Germany. In 1816, he was offered a professorship in French and Spanish at Harvard College. After spending time in Spain he accepted the position in 1819, holding it until 1835, after which he returned to Europe. Upon Ticknors return to the US in 1838, he wrote "History of Spanish Literature" which was published in 1849. From 1823 to 1832, he was a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum and in 1852, helped to establish the Boston Public Library on which board he served from 1852-1866. George Ticknor died on January 26, 1871.

Found in 445 Collections and/or Records:

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 855663
Webster Mss 855663
Date(s): 1855-12-13
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from George Ticknor to Edwin David Sanborn in Marshfield, telling him that he has returned the colume of newspapers and the manuscript material loaned him and asks Sanborn to make sure they are all there.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 856316
Mss 856316
Date(s): 1856-05-16
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor to Ezra Stiles Gannett, telling him that a ring will be sued in the marriage ceremony of his daughter Eliza.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 856505
Mss 856505
Date(s): 1856-09-05
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor in Berlin to the American minister Peter Dumon Vroom, requesting his passport and states that he is going to Dresden.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 858453
Mss 858453
Date(s): 1858-08-03
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Messrs W.D. Ticknor and Co., noting that he has received the wrong book and wants to exchange it.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 859457
Mss 859457
Date(s): 1859-08-07
Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from George Ticknor at Niagara Falls to Benjamin Robbins Curtis, asking Curtis to join the writer and talks about the natural beauty of Niagara.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 859614
Mss 859614
Date(s): 1859-11-14
Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Georger Ticknor in Boston to Rev. Edward Norris Kirk, in which he asks Kirk to look over a list of books and add to it if he wants to. There are 60,000 volumes in the Upper Hall and 5,000 in the Lower Hall. The index will be published in the Spring.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 860125
Mss 860125
Date(s): 1860-01-25
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor to Charles Stuart Phelps, concerning Agassiz and the museum, presumably the Harvard Museum.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 860559
Mss 860559
Date(s): 1860-10-09
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Hamlet Lee in New Albany in Indiana with an autograph of Hamlet Lee.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 842160
Mss 842160
Date(s): 1842-02-10
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 842163
Mss 842163
Date(s): 1842-02-13
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 000309
Mss 000309
Date(s): undated
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 843159
Webster Mss 843159
Date(s): 1843-02-09
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 843572
Mss 843572
Date(s): 1843-10-22
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 843616.1
Mss 843616.1
Date(s): 1843-11-16
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 844518
Mss 844518
Date(s): 1844-09-18
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 845314
Mss 845314
Date(s): 1845-05-14
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 841176.1
Mss 841176.1
Date(s): 1841-02-26
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 865203.2
Mss 865203.2
Date(s): 1865-03-03
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from George Ticknor in Boston to Henry Harrisse in New York, describing his copy of the "Tratados del Doctor Alonzo Ortiz, 1493."

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 821407
Mss 821407
Date(s): 1821-07-07
Abstract

In English.

George Ticknor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 821409
Mss 821409
Date(s): 1821-07-07
Abstract

In English.