Albert Harrison Hoyt
Albert Harrison Hoyt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1826 （1826年） |
| Died | 1915 (aged 88–89) |
| Occupation | Editor and author |
| Education | Wesleyan University |
| Notable works | Necrology of the New England Colleges |
Albert Harrison Hoyt (1826–1915) was an American editor and author, born in Sandwich, New Hampshire. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, studied and practiced law in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was a paymaster in the army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the peace he was editor of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1868–76) and of Memorial Biographies, volume iv (1885). He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1875.[1]
Bibliography
Some of the works authored by Hoyt include:
- Necrology of the New England Colleges (1869–70)
- Captain Francis Goelet's Visit to Boston, etc., in 1745-50 (1870)
- Letters of Sir William Pepperell, Bart. (1874)
- The Name Columbia (1886)
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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External links
- Albert Harrison Hoyt Essays at Dartmouth College Library
Categories:
- American biographers
- American male biographers
- American print editors
- 1826 births
- 1915 deaths
- Union army officers
- Wesleyan University alumni
- 19th-century American historians
- 19th-century American male writers
- United States Army paymasters
- People from Sandwich, New Hampshire
- 19th-century American lawyers
- American male non-fiction writers