Edward Gaylord Bourne

Edward Gaylord Bourne

Edward Gaylord Bourne, Ph. D. (1860–1908) was an American historian, born in Strykersville, New York, and educated at Yale graduating in 1883 with high honors.

Publications

Bourne published many critical papers on historical subjects. One of them, "The Legend of Marcus Whitman," is generally considered to have settled the Whitman question.

Bourne published:
* "The History of the Surplus Revenue of 1837" (1885)
* "Historical Introduction to the Philippine Islands" (1903)
* "Spain in America" (1904)
* "Life of J. L. Motley" (1905)
* "Discovery, Conquest, and History of the Philippine Islands" (1907) Bourne edited:
* "Rocher's Spanish Colonial System" (1904), and translated "The Narrative of De Soto" (1904) and "The Voyage of Champlain" (1905).

External links

*
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/_Topics/history/_Texts/BOUSIA/home.html "Spain in America"] at Thayer's American History site


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