Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman (born Sept. 16, 1823, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Nov. 8, 1893, Jamaica Plain, Mass.) was an American historian noted for his classic seven-volume history of France and England in North America, covering the colonial period from the beginnings to 1763. Parkman was the son of Francis Parkman, a leading Unitarian minister of Boston. As a boy, he met many of his father’s literary friends and read widely in the family library. He was taught...