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William Henry Bishop

1847 – 1928

American writer and US consul at Palermo and Genoa, Italy

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Lived 1847 – 1928 (aged 80–81). William Henry Bishop was an American novelist and writer.

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,

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.

Works The best-known of his novels and sketches are: Detmold (1879); The House of a Merchant Prince (1882); Choy Susan and Other Stories (1884); Fish and Men in the Maine Islands (1885); The Golden Justice (1887); The Brownstone Boy and Other Queer People (1888); A House Hunter in Europe (1893); Writing to Rosina (1894). Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces (1883) is a book of travel.

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Born
1847, Hartford
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Died
1928, Brooklyn
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Education
Yale University
Also known as
W. H. Bishop

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Who was William Henry Bishop?

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

When was William Henry Bishop born?

William Henry Bishop was born in 1847 in Hartford.

When did William Henry Bishop die?

William Henry Bishop died in 1928 in Brooklyn.

What was William Henry Bishop's occupation?

William Henry Bishop was a novelist and writer.

What nationality was William Henry Bishop?

William Henry Bishop was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: William Henry Bishop

· Wikidata: Q15831579

· DBpedia: William Henry Bishop

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