Frederick Saunders (14 August 1807 – 12 December 1902) was an English-born American librarian.

Biography

Frederick Saunders was born in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

on 14 August 1807. His father was the senior member of Saunders and Ottley, book publishers of London. After completing his education, he became a clerk in his father's book store. He was sent to New York in 1837 to secure an American

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

on the publications of the firm. He also petitioned the

US Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washin ...

for the passage of an act looking to the protection of both American and British authors. His objective failed, although it was backed by Henry Clay,

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...

William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the ''New York Evening Post''. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry ...

, and

George Bancroft George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and internati ...

. He was for a time city editor of the ''New York Evening Post'', William Cullen Bryant, editor; was employed by

Harper and Brothers Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City. History J. & J. Harper (1817–1833) James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishin ...

and by George P. Putnam, 1850–55, and was assistant librarian of the

Astor Library The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell. It was primarily ...

through the offices of Washington Irving, 1859–76, and librarian, 1876–96, when he was retired with full pay. He was married, 18 September 1833, to Mary Ann Farr of London. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by

Madison University Madison University is a School accreditation, non-accredited distance learning college located in Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport, Mississippi. The state of Mississippi considers Madison an "unapproved" college. Madison is also listed as an unac ...

, Hamilton. N.Y.. in 1853. He was the editor of ''Our National Centennial Jubilee'' (1877); and with Henry T. Tuckerman, of ''Homes of American Authors'' (1853). He contributed to the ''Knickerbocker Magazine''; Democratic Rei-ieic ; '' New York Quarterly'' ; and is the author of : ''Memoirs of the Great Metropolis, or London from, the Tower to the Crystal Palace'' (1852) ; ''New York in a Nut-shell'' (1853) ; ''Salad for the Solitary'' (1853 ; rev. ed., 1856–1872) ; ''Salad for the Social'' (1856) ; ''Pearls of Thought. Religious and Philosophical, Gathered from Old Authors'' (1858) ; ''Mosaics'' (1859) ; ''Festival of Song, with 73 illustrations'' (1868) ; ''About Women, Love, and Marriage'' (1868) ; ''Evenings with the Sacred Poets'' (1869) ; ''Pastime Papers'' (1885) ; ''The Story of Some Famous Books'' (1887); ''Stray Leaves of Literature'' (1888) ; ''Story of the Discovery of the New World'' (1892) ; ''Character Studies'' (1894). He died in New York City on 12 December 1902, and was buried at

Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/ Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blo ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Frederick 1807 births 1902 deaths American librarians Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Writers from New York City