Francis Parkman Jr. was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical... Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1823, Boston, MA
Died: November 8, 1893 (age 70 years), Boston, MA
Education: Harvard University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard College
Place of burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery, MA
Grandchild: John Templeman Coolidge
Parents: Caroline Parkman and Francis Parkman
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