Bayard Tuckerman (2 July 1855
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
- 20 October 1923) was a United States biographer and historian. He was the son of Lucius Tuckerman an iron manufacturer and Elizabeth Wolcott Gibbs Tuckerman.
Biography
He studied for two years in
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Pension Roulet, and later graduated from Harvard in 1878, and became a writer on historical and literary subjects. He lectured on English literature for
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...
1898-1907. He married Annie Osgood Smith in 1882; they had four children, among whom was
Bayard Tuckerman Jr.
Bayard Tuckerman Jr. (April 19, 1889 – April 14, 1974) was an American jockey, businessman, and politician.
Early life
Tuckerman was born on April 19, 1889 in Morristown, New Jersey, to Bayard Tuckerman and Annie Smith Tuckerman. He was raised ...
, a noted jockey.
Works
* ''History of English Prose Fiction'' (New York, 1882)
* ''Life of General Lafayette'' (1889)
* ''The Diary of Philip Hone'' (1889)
* ''William Jay and the Constitutional Movement for the Abolition of Slavery (1894)
* ''Life of General Philip Schuyler'' (1903)
Notes
References
*
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuckerman, Bayard
1855 births
1923 deaths
American non-fiction writers
Harvard University alumni