Professor John Frost, LL.D.

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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.""

John married Sarah Ann Burditt on 4 May 1830 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of James W. Burditt and Mary Rhoades) was born about 1809 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Doctor J. R. Rowand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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died young

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died young

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died young