William Hickling Prescott
American
American historian, notable for his scientific approach to history. - AsNotedIn
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- Father William Prescott Jr
American historian, notable for his scientific approach to history. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1815/00/00 | American diplomat John Quincy Adams and William H Prescott tour Hampton Court Palace. | Visitor | Hampton Court | Molesey | William H Prescott's 1815 Tour of England | ||
1820/05/04 | Susannah Amory, daughter of Thomas Coffin Amory and Hannah Linzee Amory, marries William Hickling Prescott in Boston, Massachusetts. | Groom | |||||
1832/00/00 | William H Prescott becomes a trustee of Boston Athenaeum, a position he will hold for 15 years. | Vocation | Boston Athenaeum | Boston | |||
1845/00/00 | William Prescott buys a home, 55 Beacon Street. | Home | Headquarters House | Boston | |||
1847/00/00 | "History of the Conquest of Peru", written by Prescott at his Beacon St home, is published. | Author | Headquarters House | Boston | |||
1850/06/00 | Traveling from Liverpool, William H Prescott arrives in London where he stays in Mivart's Hotel. | Visitor | Claridges Hotel | London | William H Prescott in England, 1850 | ||
1859/01/28 | William Prescott dies from a stroke at his Beacon Street home. | Died | Headquarters House | Boston |
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