William Henry Bishop

William Henry Bishop
Born(1847-01-07)January 7, 1847
Hartford, Connecticut, US
DiedSeptember 26, 1928(1928-09-26) (aged 81)
Brooklyn, Connecticut, US
Burial placeOld Cemetery, East Haven
EducationYale University
OccupationNovelist
Spouse
Mary Dearborn Jackson
(m. 1886)
Children2

William Henry Bishop (January 7, 1847 – September 26, 1928) was an American novelist.[1]

Biography

William Henry Bishop was born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 7, 1847.[2][3] and He graduated from Yale University in 1867,[1] where he later went on to teach.[4]

He married Mary Dearborn Jackson on July 28, 1886, and they had two children.[5]

He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature in 1918.

He died in Brooklyn, Connecticut on September 26, 1928, and was buried at the Old Cemetery in East Haven.[6]

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Bishop, William Henry" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  2. ^ Bishop, William Henry in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 280
  3. ^ "William Henry Bishop (1847–1928)". Bartleby.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Bishop, William Henry in Who's Who in America (1901-02 edition); p. 96; via archive.org
  5. ^ Chamberlain, Joshua L., ed. (1899). Universities and Their Sons. Vol. II. Boston: R. Herndon Company. pp. 386–387. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ "W. H. Bishop, Yale '67, To Be Buried in Old Cemetery With Ancestors". Hartford Courant. New Haven (published September 28, 1928). AP. September 27, 1928. p. 9. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.