 Born:3-Oct-1800
Birthplace:Worcester, MA
Died:17-Jan-1891
Location of death:Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Rural Cemetery, Worcester, MA
Gender: Male
Religion:Congregationalist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation:Historian, Government
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary:A History of the United States Father: Aaron Bancroft (Unitarian minister)
Mother: Lucretia Chandler
Wife: Sarah H. Dwight (d. 1837, three children)
Wife: Elizabeth Bliss
Son: George Jr.
Son: John
Daughter: (two)
High School:Phillips Exeter Academy
University:BA, Harvard University (1817)
University:MA, University of Göttingen (1820)
University:PhD, University of Göttingen (1820)
Teacher: Founder, Round Hill School for Boys, Northampton, MA
US Ambassador to Germany (1868-74)
US Ambassador to Prussia (1867-68)
US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1846-49)
US Secretary of War Acting (1845)
US Secretary of the Navy Mar-1845 to Sep-1846, underJames Knox Polk
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Associate Fellow (1863)
American Geographical Society President (1852-54)
Funeral: Abraham Lincoln (1865)
Author of books:
History of the Colonization of the United States (1839, history)
A History of the United States (1834-74, history, ten vol.)
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