A dictionary of American authors

Name: A dictionary of American authors
Author: Adams, Oscar Fay

Adams, Oscar Fay

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=Freneau= [frē-nō´], =Philip.= _N. Y._, 1752-1832. A journalist of
New York city who, during the Revolution, produced much patriotic
verse that was very effective as well as popular, though none of it
is marked by any high degree of excellence. Poems of Philip Freneau,
written chiefly during the Late War (1786); Poems Written between the
Years 1768 and 1794; Poems Written and Published during the American
Revolution; Collection of Poems on American Affairs. Among his prose
writings are, The Philosopher of the Forest; Essays by Robert Slender.
_See American Literatures by Hart, Nichol, and Richardson._ _Cr._

=Frey, Albert Romer.= _N. Y._, 1858- ----. A writer of New York city
upon Shakesperean and dramatic topics, who has also published a work
upon Sobriquets and Nicknames. _Hou._

=Frey, Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick.= _G._, 1773-1850. A clergyman
of Jewish descent who became a Christian in 1798, and, after coming
to America in 1816, was for some ten years a Presbyterian minister and
subsequently a Baptist preacher, especially active as a missionary to
the Jews. Narrative of My Life: Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Grammar; Judah and
Israel; Joseph and Benjamin; The Passover; Scripture Types.

=Frieze, Henry Simmons.= _Ms._, 1817-1889. A professor of Latin in the
University of Michigan from 1854 until his death. He published editions
of Quintilian and Virgil’s Æneid, and was the author of The Story of
Giovanni Dupré.

=Frisbie, Levi.= _Ct._, 1748-1806. A Congregational clergyman of
Ipswich, Massachusetts, who published Sermons and Orations.

=Frisbie, Levi.= _Ms._, 1783-1822. Son of L. Frisbie, _supra_. A
tutor and professor at Harvard College from 1805 till his death.
Miscellaneous Writings of Professor Frisbie, edited with Memoir by
Andrews Norton, _infra_, appeared in 1823.

=Fritschel, Gottfried Leonhard Wilhelm.= _G._, 1836-1889. A Lutheran
clergyman who came from Germany to the United States in 1857, and was a
professor of theology in the seminary at Mendota, Illinois, from that
time. He published (in German) Meditations on the Passion of Christ;
History of Protestant Missions among North American Indians in the 17th
and 18th Centuries.

=Frost, John.= _Me._, 1800-1859. An educator of Philadelphia who
was a prolific writer and compiler of historical and other works of
indifferent merit. Their number was very great, and the sale of some of
them extensive. Among them are, Beauties of English History; Beauties
of French History; Wild Scenes in a Hunter’s Life; Pioneer Mothers in
the West; The Presidents of the United States; Pictorial History of the
United States; History of the World. _Har. Le._

=Frothingham, Ellen.= _Ms._, 1835-1902. Daughter of N. L. Frothingham,
_infra_. A Bostonian who published several fine translations from
Lessing (The Laocoön); Auerbach; Goethe (Hermann and Dorothea);
Grillparzer (Sappho); “Marie-Herbert” (Poems of Therese).

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A dictionary of American authors

Adams, Oscar Fay

American literature -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries; Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries

=Freneau= [frē-nō´], =Philip.= _N. Y._, 1752-1832. A journalist of
New York city who, during the Revolution, produced much patriotic
verse that was very effective as well as popular, though none of it
is marked by any high degree of excellence. Poems of Philip Freneau,
written chiefly during the Late War (1786); Poems Written between the
Years 1768 and 1794; Poems Written and Published during the American
Revolution; Collection of Poems on American Affairs. Among his prose
writings are, The Philosopher of the Forest; Essays by Robert Slender.
_See American Literatures by Hart, Nichol, and Richardson._ _Cr._

=Frey, Albert Romer.= _N. Y._, 1858- ----. A writer of New York city
upon Shakesperean and dramatic topics, who has also published a work
upon Sobriquets and Nicknames. _Hou._

=Frey, Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick.= _G._, 1773-1850. A clergyman
of Jewish descent who became a Christian in 1798, and, after coming
to America in 1816, was for some ten years a Presbyterian minister and
subsequently a Baptist preacher, especially active as a missionary to
the Jews. Narrative of My Life: Hebrew Bible; Hebrew Grammar; Judah and
Israel; Joseph and Benjamin; The Passover; Scripture Types.

=Frieze, Henry Simmons.= _Ms._, 1817-1889. A professor of Latin in the
University of Michigan from 1854 until his death. He published editions
of Quintilian and Virgil’s Æneid, and was the author of The Story of
Giovanni Dupré.

=Frisbie, Levi.= _Ct._, 1748-1806. A Congregational clergyman of
Ipswich, Massachusetts, who published Sermons and Orations.

=Frisbie, Levi.= _Ms._, 1783-1822. Son of L. Frisbie, _supra_. A
tutor and professor at Harvard College from 1805 till his death.
Miscellaneous Writings of Professor Frisbie, edited with Memoir by
Andrews Norton, _infra_, appeared in 1823.

=Fritschel, Gottfried Leonhard Wilhelm.= _G._, 1836-1889. A Lutheran
clergyman who came from Germany to the United States in 1857, and was a
professor of theology in the seminary at Mendota, Illinois, from that
time. He published (in German) Meditations on the Passion of Christ;
History of Protestant Missions among North American Indians in the 17th
and 18th Centuries.

=Frost, John.= _Me._, 1800-1859. An educator of Philadelphia who
was a prolific writer and compiler of historical and other works of
indifferent merit. Their number was very great, and the sale of some of
them extensive. Among them are, Beauties of English History; Beauties
of French History; Wild Scenes in a Hunter’s Life; Pioneer Mothers in
the West; The Presidents of the United States; Pictorial History of the
United States; History of the World. _Har. Le._

=Frothingham, Ellen.= _Ms._, 1835-1902. Daughter of N. L. Frothingham,
_infra_. A Bostonian who published several fine translations from
Lessing (The Laocoön); Auerbach; Goethe (Hermann and Dorothea);
Grillparzer (Sappho); “Marie-Herbert” (Poems of Therese).

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A dictionary of American authors

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