Richard Hildreth
Richard Hildreth (born June 28, 1807 in Deerfield , Massachusetts , † July 11, 1865 in Florence ) was a North American lawyer and writer.
Richard Hildreth attended Harvard College , became an attorney in 1830, but soon devoted himself exclusively to journalism in addition to historical studies, was co-founder and journalist of the Boston Atlas in 1832 , later lived in Demerara ( British Guiana ) for health reasons for a time and worked from 1861 to 1865 as consul in Trieste.
He was one of the most ardent fighters of slavery early on, first in his novel Archy Moore , which was later revised in England under the title: The White Slave, had a number of editions and was also translated into German, and then in the work Despotism in America (Boston 1854).
His main work is the History of the United States of America (New York 1849-62), which extends to 1821 and is not as valued by the Americans as the well-known work of George Bancroft because of its lack of patriotic momentum , but it is historically true to the same far ahead.
Other writings by Hildreth are:
- History of Banks (Boston 1839);
- Theory of Morals (Boston 1844);
- Theory of Politics (New York 1855);
- Japan as It Was and Is (Boston 1855) and
- Atrocious Judges As Tools Of Tyrants (New York 1856) etc.
literature
- Donald E. Emerson: Richard Hildreth . Johns Hopkins University, 1946.
see also: Stinnair / Schwair / Hummelair Community
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hildreth, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deerfield , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1865 |
| Place of death | Florence |