George Ticknor
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George Ticknor was a 19th-century American academic and author best known as a pioneering Harvard professor of Spanish and French literature and the author of the influential "History of Spanish Literature."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Ticknor canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American academic
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human ⓘ literary historian ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1791-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1871-01-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Dartmouth College ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
French literature
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Spanish literature ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| fullName | George Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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literary history ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Hispanic studies in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | German philological scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the influential History of Spanish Literature
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being a pioneering Harvard professor of Spanish and French literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ |
| movement | 19th-century American scholarship ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
introduced modern language teaching reforms at Harvard University
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pioneered the academic study of Spanish literature in the United States ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | History of Spanish Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian of literature
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professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard University ⓘ |
| relative | Elisha Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| spouse | Anna Eliot Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelledTo |
Germany
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Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
History of Spanish Literature
NERFINISHED
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Life of William Hickling Prescott NERFINISHED ⓘ Life, Letters, and Journals of George Ticknor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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