Jared Sparks

Jared Sparks ( born May 10, 1789 in Willington in the U.S. state of Connecticut, † March 14, 1866 in Cambridge ) was an American historian.

Life

Sparks was for a time a preacher Unitarian church in Boston, edited from 1823 to 1830, the quarterly magazine " North American Review ", in 1839 Professor of History at Harvard University in Cambridge (Massachusetts ) and was its president from 1849 to 1852. He died on 14 March 1866 in Cambridge and was held at the Mount Auburn Cemetery his final resting place.

Works (selection)

• Life of the famous American traveler John Ledyard, the companion of Cook ( "Life of John Ledyard ," 1828). Leipzig, 1829.
• Life of Gouverneur Morris. Gray, Boston 1832 ( 3 volumes).
• Life and correspondence George Washington ( "Life of Washington, with diaries", 1839). Brockhaus, Leipzig 1839.

• Diplomatic correspondence of the American revolution. Hale, Gray & Bowen, Boston 1829/31 ( 12 volumes ).
• Library of American biography. New York 1834/47 (25 volumes).
• Correspondence on the American revolution. New York 1853 (4 volumes).
• Works of George Washington. New York 1834/38 ( 12 volumes, with biography).
• Works of Benjamin Franklin. New York 1836/40 (10 volumes).