Edward Gaylord Bourne, Ph. D. (June 24, 1860 – February 24, 1908) was an American historian

United States

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 , born in Strykersville, New York

Strykersville, New York

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, and educated at Yale

Yale University

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 graduating in 1883 with high honors. He taught at Adelbert College, Cleveland from 1888 - 1895 when he became a Professor of History at Yale.

Publications

Bourne published many critical papers on historical subjects. One of them, "The Legend of Marcus Whitman," is generally considered to have settled the Whitman question

Marcus Whitman

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Bourne published:

• The History of the Surplus Revenue of 1837 (1885)
• Historical Introduction to the Philippine Islands (1903)
• Spain in America (1904)
• Life of J. L. Motley (1905)
• Discovery, Conquest, and History of the Philippine Islands (1907)

Bourne edited:

• Rocher's Spanish Colonial System (1904), and translated The Narrative of De Soto (1904) and The Voyage of Champlain (1905).

External links

• Spain in America at Thayer's American History site