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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Label	Occurrences
George Bancroft canonical	12
George Bancroft (likely namesake, American historian and statesman)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ diplomat ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
appointedBy	James K. Polk ⓘ
awardReceived	Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ surface form: 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 authority record ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress Authorities
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
name	George Bancroft self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld	Collector of the Port of Boston ⓘ United States Minister to Prussia ⓘ United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United States Minister to the United Kingdom Secretary of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy
religion	Unitarianism ⓘ
residence	Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ surface form: Newport, Rhode Island, United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse	Elizabeth Davis Bliss ⓘ Sarah Dwight ⓘ

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this entity surface form: George Bancroft (likely namesake, American historian and statesman)

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History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent → author → George Bancroft ⓘ

Woolsey Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States → hasNotableBurial → George Bancroft ⓘ

Sarah Dwight → spouse → George Bancroft ⓘ