William Henry Bishop
William Henry Bishop (c. 1847-1928)[1] was an American novelist.[2]
Biography[edit]
He was born in Hartford, Connecticut,[1] and graduated from Yale University in 1867,[2] where he later went on to teach.[3]
He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature in 1918.
Works[edit]
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.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "William Henry Bishop (1847–1928)". Bartleby.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b c This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ Bishop, William Henry in Who's Who in America (1901-02 edition); p. 96; via archive.org
External links[edit]
- William Henry Bishop papers (MS 83). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]
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