Author:James Grant Wilson

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James Grant Wilson (1832–1914)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. An American author; born in New York City, April 28, 1832; served in the Civil War. He published numerous addresses, essays, and articles in periodicals. He died in 1914. Source: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921) This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. G. W."

James Grant Wilson

Works

Books

• Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers (1862–1863)
• Love in Letters, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent Persons (1867)
• Life of General Grant (1868–1885)
• Life of Fitz-Greene Halleck (1869)
• Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers (1874)
• Poets and Poetry of Scotland (1876)
• Centennial History of the Diocese of New York, 1775-1885 (1886)
• Bryant and His Friends (1886)
• Commodore Isaac Hull and the Frigate Constitution (1889)
• Life of General Grant (1897)
• The President of the United States (1901)

Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900

• “Wilson, William (1801-1860),” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Contributions to Appletons'

• “Bayard, James Asheton,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Bayard, James Asheton (Jr.),” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Columbus, Christopher,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Halleck, Fitz-Greene,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1892.
• “Lenox, James,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.

Other contributions

• “Millard Fillmore” in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914.
• “William McKinley” in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914 (update to an article by Joseph P. Smith)

Edited works

• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (co-editor with John Fiske; 6 vols., 1886–1889)
• Memorial History of the City of New York
• The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (4 vols., 1914)

Works about Wilson

• “Wilson, James,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1889.
• “Wilson, James Grant,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Wilson, James Grant” in The Encyclopedia Americana. New York, 1920.
• “Wilson, James Grant,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1914, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.