Charles Henry Hart

Charles Henry Hart (February 4, 1847 – July 29, 1918) was an American art historian, academic administrator, and author.

Biography Charles Henry Hart was born on February 4, 1847, in Philadelphia. On recovering, he decided to give up the practice of law and devote himself to literature and art, He died on July 29, 1918, in New York City.

Publications His numerous publications include: Memoir of William Hickling Prescott, A Historian of Spain, Mexico, and Peru (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1868) Bibliographia Lincolniana, reprinted under the title Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln (1870)

Abraham Lincoln's Place in History (1900) Edward Savage, Painter and Engraver (1905) Who Was the Mother of Franklin's Son? (1911) Memoirs of the Life and Works of Jean Houdon (1912), in collaboration with E. Biddle 'Frauds in Historical Portraiture, or Spurious Portraits of Historical Personages.' (1913) Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1913: Vol 1, pp. 85-99