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Henry Howard Brownell
Henry Howard Brownell (February 6, 1820 – 1872) was an American poet and historian.
Biography.
Brownell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 6, 1820. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, in 1841, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but settled as a teacher in Hartford. He published in 1847 a volume of "Poems" and in 1851 the "People's Book of Ancient and Modern History", and followed this in 1863 with
Prize for Biography or Autobiography for "Barrett Wendell and His Letters." He was the editor of "Harvard Volunteers in Europe" in 1916. He received an honorary Litt. D. from Lehigh in 1916.
Published works.
Besides editing "The Memory of Lincoln" (1889), "Home Letters of General Sherman" (1909), "The Beacon Biographies" (31 volumes, 1899–1910), and "Lines of Battle and Other Poems by Henry Howard Brownell" (1912), he published the