James Grant Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of poet William Wilson. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Poughkeepsie, New York. He was educated at College Hill, and then privately tutored. He joined his father in business, later becoming his partner. In 1855, he began a two-year trip to Europe. In 1857, he returned to the U.S. and founded the Chicago Record, a journal of art and literature.
In 1862, during the Civil War, he sold his the Chicago Record and entered the Union Army as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to New York City, where he became an author, speaker, and president of the Society of American Authors. In 1885 he also became president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited several works of history and biography.
James Grant Wilson
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Union Army general, and publisher (1832–1914)
Born | 28 April 1832 |
Died | 1 February 1914 |
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James Grant Wilson
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Union Army general, and publisher (1832–1914)
Born | 28 April 1832 |
Died | 1 February 1914 |
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Biography, Dictionaries, History, English poetry, Scottish authors, American literature, American Portraits, Anecdotes, Bibliography, Constitution (Frigate), Directories, Discovery and exploration, Episcopal Church, Military biography, Politics and government, Presidents, Scottish poetry, Scottish poetry (Collections), tho, 1811-1863, 19th century, Academic librarians, American Poets, Auteurs écossais, Biography/AutobiographyPlaces
United States, New York (State), America, New York (N.Y.), New Jersey, New York, Illinois, New Brunswick, New Brunswick (N.J.), North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Pa.), South AmericaPeople
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831), Beverly Robinson Betts (1827-1899), Christopher Columbus, Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867), George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), George Washington (1732-1799), Isaac Hull (1773-1843), Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick (1772-1851), John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807), John Lovelace (d. 1709), John Pintard (1759-1844), Robert Burns (1759-1796), Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Samuel Provoost (1742-1815), William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)Time
19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1849-1877, To 1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL1168322A
- ISNI: 0000000110575017
- VIAF: 39655272
- Wikidata: Q12975453
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q12975453
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