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Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867)

Author of Bulfinch's Mythology

Includes the names: T. Bullfinch, Thomas Bulfinh, Thomas Bufinch, Tomas Bulfinch, bullfinchthoams, Thomas Bulfinch, Thomas Bulfinch, Thomas Bullfinch, Thomas Bulfinch, and Fuller, Edmond (abridged by)

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Bulfinch's Mythology 5,015 copies, 27 reviews
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 2,879 copies, 20 reviews
Bulfinch's Mythology (A Modern Abridgement by Edmund Fuller) 584 copies, 1 review
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry and The Legends of Charlemagne 462 copies
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry 415 copies, 2 reviews
The Golden Age of Myth & Legend 326 copies, 3 reviews
Myths of Greece and Rome 270 copies
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Legends of Charlemagne 186 copies
A Book of Myths 44 copies, 1 review
O Livro da Mitologia (Em Portuguese do Brasil) 16 copies
Cupid and Psyche and Other Fables (Modern Library Minis) 9 copies
Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 8 copies
The Age of Fable III 5 copies
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry and the Age of Fable 5 copies
The Age of Fable or the Beauties of Mythology (Author) 4 copies
The Age of Fable II 3 copies
Age of Fable, Part 1 2 copies
Age of chivalry and Legends of Charlemagne or romance of the Middle Ages 2 copies
Bulfinch Mitolojileri (ciltli) 2 copies
Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology (Dover Thrift Editions) 2 copies
The Age of Fable IV 2 copies
Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: the age of fable 1 copy
Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: the age of chivalry 1 copy
O Livro de Ouro da Mitologia: (a idade da fábula) : história de deuses e… 1 copy
Bulfinch's Mythology Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages… 1 copy
Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology: legends of Charlemagne 1 copy
Bullfinch's mythology; the age of fable, the age of chivalry [and]… 1 copy
The Age of Fable, Volume 1 1 copy
Bulfinch’s Mythology, The Age of Fable Annotated 1 copy
The Age of Chivalry, Volume 2 1 copy
The Age of Fable or the Beauties of Mythology with Notes, Revisions and… 1 copy
Bulfinch's Mythology Contains: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry,… 1 copy
Mitologia Geral - Idade da Fábula 1 copy
THE AGE OF FALBE OR THE BEAUTIES OF MYTHOLOGY. WITH NOTES, REVISIONS AND… 1 copy
Poetry of the Age of Fable (Classic Reprint) 1 copy
Age of Fable, Part 2 1 copy
The Legends of Charlemagne [Epic Audio Collection] 1 copy
The Essential Mythology Collection [Illustrated] 1 copy
The Age of Fable; Told in Words of One Syllable 1 copy
Magic of Myth and Legend 1 copy
The Trojan War, with Introductory Notes on the Grecian Divinities: Adapted… 1 copy
50 Classic Mythologies 1 copy
The Age of Fable Volume 2 1 copy
Greek myth in animation volume 9 Korean edition 만화로 보는 그리스… 1 copy
Livro de Ouro da Mitologia, O: Historias de Deuses e Herois 1 copy
Greek myth in animation volume 3 Korean edition 만화로 보는 그리스… 1 copy
Greek myth in animation volume 6 Korean edition 만화로 보는 그리스… 1 copy
Greek myth in animation volume 1 Korean edition 만화로 보는 그리스… 1 copy
Pyramus and Thisbe from Bulfinch's Mythology 1 copy
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Canonical name
Bulfinch, Thomas
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Date of birth
1796-07-15
Date of death
1867-05-27
Burial location
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
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Birthplace
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cause of death
Places of residence
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Education
Harvard College (1814)
Boston Latin School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Occupations
banker
writer
classicist
teacher
Relationships
Organizations
Boston Society of Natural History
Boston Latin School
Merchants' Bank of Boston
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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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