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Jacob Abbott

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born

November 13, 1803 in Hallowell, Maine, The United States

died

October 31, 1874

gender

male

genre

Children's Books, History, Biographies & Memoirs

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Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

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Books by Jacob Abbott

Average rating: 3.60 · 320 ratings · 73 reviews · 207 distinct works

	History of Alexander the Great 356 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1849 — 38 editions	My rating:
	Queen Elizabeth (1904) 346 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1849 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Nero by Jacob Abbott, Ben House (Foreword) 383 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1853 — 30 editions	My rating:
	History of Julius Caesar 400 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1849 — 44 editions	My rating:
	Cyrus the Great 421 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1850 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Mary Queen of Scots 355 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1848 — 37 editions	My rating:
	History Of William The Conqueror 352 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1848 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Cleopatra 353 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1851 — 52 editions	My rating:
	Hannibal 387 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1849 — 30 editions	My rating:
	King Alfred of England 354 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1849 — 29 editions	My rating: