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Professor John Frost, LL.D.
1800 - 1859 (59 years)-
Name John Frost Title Professor Suffix LL.D. Birth 26 Jan 1800 Kennebunk, York County, Maine 
Gender Male Death 28 Dec 1859 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Notes - Famous Author He wrote many books He was a corresponding member of the
N.E. Hist. Gen. Society.
"FROST, John, compiler, born in Kennebunk, Maine, 26 January 1800;
died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28 December 1859. After one year
in Bowdoin he entered Harvard, where he was graduated in 1822. He was
principal of Mayhew school, Boston, in 1823'7, and conducted a school
for young ladies in Philadelphia till 1838, when he was appointed
professor of English literature in the central high school of that
City. He resigned this post in 1845, and devoted himself to the
compilation of histories and biographies, of which, assisted by a
corps of writers, he published over 300. Marietta College, Ohio, gave
him the degree of LL.D. in 1843. His publications include "History of
the World" (3 vols.); "Pictorial History of the United States" (2
vols., Philadelphia, 1844); " Beauties of English History"; "Wild
Scenes of a Hunter's Life "; "Illustrious Mechanics" ; "Book of
Heroes" ; "Book of the Army "; and "Book of the Navy.""
Person ID I24809 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 30 Oct 2011
Father Nathaniel Frost Mother Abigail Kimball Family ID F7419 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann Burditt, b. Abt 1809, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Marriage 4 May 1830 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Children 1. Mary Cordelia Frost, b. Abt 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania > 2. Caroline Augusta Frost, b. Abt 1833, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 3. James W. Burditt Frost, b. Abt 1835, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 4. Sarah Annie Frost, b. Abt 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 5. George Frederic Frost, b. Abt 1840, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 6. Frances Emily Frost, b. Abt 1842, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 7. Morton Frost, b. Abt 1845, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 8. Charles William Frost, b. Abt 1848, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 9. Arthur Burditt Frost, b. Abt 1851, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 10. Francis B. Frost, b. Abt 1855, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Family ID F7417 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Famous Author He wrote many books He was a corresponding member of the
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Birth - 26 Jan 1800 - Kennebunk, York County, Maine 
Marriage - 4 May 1830 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 
Death - 28 Dec 1859 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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