John Stevens Cabot Abbott

John Stevens Cabot Abbott ( born September 18, 1805 in Brunswick, Maine, † June 17, 1877 in Fair Haven, Connecticut) was an American Congregational clergyman and writer.

Biography

The younger brother of Jacob Abbott studied post-school, first at Bowdoin College before he (Massachusetts ) began after its completion in 1825 to study at the Theological Seminary of Andover. Together with his brother he founded in 1829 the Mount Vernon School for Girls. After his ordination in 1830, he was successively pastor of the parishes of Worcester, Roxbury and Nantucket.

Like his older brother was also John Abbott is a versatile writer and made ​​his literary debut in 1833 with the successful book The Mother at Home, the The Child at Home and with short interruptions followed by other books with semi-religious themes. In 1844 he resigned from his priestly ministry and devoted himself entirely to writing, which he now took over historical issues. His most important works include further Practical Christianity, Kings and Queens, or Life in the Palace, The French Revolution of 1789, The History of Napoleon Bonaparte (2 volumes), Napoleon at St. Helena, A History of the Civil War in America ( 2 volumes, 1863-1866 ), The History of Napoleon III. (1868 ), Romance of Spanish History ( 1870) and The History of Frederick the Second, called Frederick the Great (1871 ). Many of his books have been translated into other languages.

His nephew, Lyman Abbott, the son of Jacob Abbott, was also a priest and philosopher of religion.