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Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)

Author of Bulfinch's Mythology

Includes the names: T. Bullfinch, Tomas Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinh, Thomas Bufinch, Thomas Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinch, Thomas Bullfinch, Thomas Bulfinch, and Fuller, Edmond (abridged by)
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Bulfinch, Thomas
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Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867
Date of birth
1796-07-15
Date of death
1867-05-27
Burial location
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
USA
Birthplace
Place of death
Places of residence
Newton, Massachusetts, USA (Birth)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Education
Harvard College (1814)
Boston Latin School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Occupations
banker (Merchant’s Bank of Boston)
writer
author
classicist
teacher (Boston Latin School)
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Boston Society of Natural History ( [1840])
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Short biography
Thomas Bulfinch is best remembered today as the author of Bulfinch's Mythology, an 1881 compilation of his 3 previous works, which popularized ancient Greek and Roman and European mythology. It's still in print and used as a classic reference source and text.
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Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867 Listed in "Other names" is the author as he/she is identified in the U.S. Library of Congress.

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