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A Short Biography of John Bartlett

Author Name:

John Bartlett

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Born:

14 Jun 1820

Died:

3 Dec 1905




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Editor, Writer                          
John Bartlett supervised nine editions of his book - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations                                              
Mother Susan Thacher
Father William Bartlett                                              
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1871.

1855 - Published 'Bartlett's Familiar Quotations'                                              
Compiled a Concordance of Shakespeare, published in 1894, that is still the standard work of its kind.

A concordance is an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, with their immediate contexts.