The Project Gutenberg e-Book of Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 6. Editor: Charles F. Horne
by Charles F. Horne
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
- Title
- Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
- Credits
- Produced by Sigal Alon, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- CT: History: Biography
- Subject
- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 28456
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28456
- Release Date
- March 30, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN
- 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — BENEDICT ARNOLD [1] By Edgar Fawcett (1741-1801) — NATHAN HALE [2] By Rev. Edward Everett Hale (1755-1776) — THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO (1746-1817) — MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE [4] By William F. Peck (1757-1834) — CHARLOTTE CORDAY [6] By Oliver Optic (1768-1793) — MADAME ROLAND [7] By Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1754-1793) — MARIE ANTOINETTE By Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen (1755-1793) — ANDREAS HOFER (1767-1810) — QUEEN LOUISE OF PRUSSIA By Mrs. Francis G. Faithfull (1776-1810) — JAMES WATT By John Times, F.S.A. (1736-1819) — DR. EDWARD JENNER By John Timbs, F.S.A. (1749-1823) — ROBERT FULTON [8] By Oliver Optic (1765-1815) — WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759-1833) — SIR HUMPHRY DAVY By John Timbs, F.S.A. (1778-1829) — GENERAL SAN MARTIN [9] By Hezekiah Butterworth (1778-1850) — GEORGE STEPHENSON [10] By Professor C. M. Woodward (1781-1848) — SAMUEL F. B. MORSE (1791-1872) — PETER COOPER [12] By Clarence Cook (1791-1883) — LOUIS KOSSUTH (1802-1894) — JOHN ERICSSON [13] By Martha J. Lamb (1803-1889) — WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON [14] By William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) — ELISHA KENT KANE [15] By General A. W. Greely (1820-1857) — FERDINAND DE LESSEPS [16] By Clarence Cook (1805-1894) — GENERAL JOHN C. FRÉMONT [17] By Jane Marsh Parker (1813-1890) — DAVID LIVINGSTONE By Professor W. G. Blaikie, LL.D. (1813-1873) — CYRUS W. FIELD [20] By Murat Halstead (1819-1892) — QUEEN VICTORIA By Donald Macleod, D.D. (BORN 1819-1901) — FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE By Lizzie Alldridge (BORN 1820) — DR. LOUIS PASTEUR [21] By Dr. Cyrus Edson (1822-1895) — GENERAL CHARLES GEORGE GORDON By Colonel R. H. Veitch, R.E. 1833-1885 — GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER [22] By Elbridge S. Brooks (1839-1876) — HENRY M. STANLEY [23] By Noah Brooks (BORN 1841) — THOMAS ALVA EDISON [24] By Clarence Cook (Born 1847)
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