John Torrey Morse

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John Torrey Morse

John Torrey Morse (also John T. Morse , born January 9, 1840 in Boston , Suffolk County , Massachusetts , † March 27, 1937 in Needham , Norfolk County , Massachusetts) was an American historian , biographer and lawyer .

Life

Family and education

Born in Boston, John Torrey Morse, son of businessman John Torrey Morse senior (1813-1906) and Lucy Cabot Jackson Morse (1815-1891), graduated in 1860 with a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University . He married Fannie Pope Hovey (1840-1922) on June 10, 1865. The marriage came from the son Cabot Jackson (1868-1946). John Torrey Morse died in March 1937 at the age of 97. He found his final resting place next to his wife in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Professional background

John Torrey Morse opened his own law practice in Boston in 1862, and in 1876 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . In 1880 he resigned from his practice to devote himself entirely to writing. He served as co-editor of the International Review and editor of the American Statesmen Series. John Torrey Morse stood out in particular as a writer of biographies on American statesmen. Harvard University honored him in 1911 with the award of the Honrary Degree of Doctor of Letters (Litt. D. honoris causa).

Memberships

In 1906 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Publications

  • The law of arbitration and award. in: The Making of the Modern Law, Little, Brown, Boston, 1872
  • together with Arthur Orton: Famous trials: the Tichborne, claimant, Troppmann, Prince Pierre Bonaparte, Mrs. Wharton, the Meteor, Mrs. Fair. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1874
  • The life of Alexander Hamilton . in: The Making of the Modern Law, Little, Brown, Boston, 1876
  • Thomas Jefferson . in: American statesmen (Standard library ed.), volume 11., Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, New York, 1883
  • John Adams . in: American statesmen (Standard library ed.), volume 6., Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, New York, 1885
  • Benjamin Franklin . in: American statesmen (Standard library ed.), volume 1., Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, New York, 1889g
  • Life and letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes . Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1896
  • John Quincy Adams . in: American statesmen (Standard library ed.), volume 15., Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1898
  • Abraham Lincoln . in: American statesmen (Standard library ed.), volume 25., Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1899
  • together with Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees: A treatise on the law of banks and banking. Little, Brown, Boston, 1928
  • Thomas Sergeant Perry; a memoir. Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1929

literature

  • Harvard Alumni Association, Associated Harvard Clubs: Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 38, Number 8. Published for the Harvard Alumni Association by the Harvard Bulletin, Inc., Boston, Mass., 240.
  • Essex Institute: Annual Report of the Essex Institute. The Institute, Salem, Mass., 1936, pp. 35, 36.
  • The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1937, p. 522.
  • The Encyclopedia Americana. Volume 19. Americana Corporation, New York, 1976 ISBN 0717201074 , ISBN 978-0717201075 , p. 483.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members: John Torrey Morse Jr. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Morse, John Torrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morse, John T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian, biographer, and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Suffolk County , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1937
Place of death Needham , Norfolk County , Massachusetts