George Bancroft

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United States Secretary of the Navy diplomat historian human politician statesman

George Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy, best known for his multi-volume "History of the United States" and for helping establish the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of the Navy → diplomat → historian → human → politician → statesman →
appointedBy	James K. Polk →
awardReceived	Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →
burialPlace	Woolsey Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1800-10-03 →
dateOfDeath	1891-01-17 →
describedBySource	Encyclopaedia Britannica → Library of Congress Authorities →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Berlin → University of Göttingen →
familyName	Bancroft →
fieldOfWork	history of the United States → political history →
genre	historical writing → political biography →
givenName	George →
helpedEstablish	United States Naval Academy →
influencedBy	German historical scholarship →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
name	George Bancroft →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableIdea	advocacy of democratic expansion in U.S. history →
notableWork	History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → historian → politician →
officeEndTime	1846-09-09 →
officeStartTime	1845-03-11 →
placeOfBirth	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Collector of the Port of Boston → United States Minister to Prussia → United States Minister to the United Kingdom → United States Secretary of the Navy →
religion	Unitarianism →
residence	Newport, Rhode Island, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
spouse	Elizabeth Davis Bliss → Sarah Dwight →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Naval Academy →	founder
Hollis Hall →	hasNotableResident
George Bancroft →	name