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William Henry Bishop (1847-1928)[1] was a United States novelist.[2]

Biography

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut,[1] and graduated from Yale University in 1867.[2] He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature in 1918.

Works

The best-known of his novels and sketches are: Detmold (1879); The House of a Merchant Prince (1882); Choy Susan and Other Stories (1884); Fish and Men in the Maine Islands (1885); The Golden Justice (1887); The Brownstone Boy and Other Queer People (1888); A House Hunter in Europe (1893); Writing to Rosina (1894). Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces (1883) is a book of travel.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "William Henry Bishop (1847–1928)". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bishop, William Henry" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  • William Henry Bishop papers (MS 83). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]
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