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Lord, John, 1810-1894

We have 17 books for this author.

For the musician with a similar name, see Jon Lord.

John Lord, (1810–1894) was an American historian and lecturer.

Born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he graduated from Dartmouth in 1833 and then entered the Andover Theological Seminary, where in his second year he wrote a series of lectures on the Dark Ages, which he delivered the next fall during a tour through northern New York. After graduating at Andover he became an agent for the American Peace Society. Later he was called to a church at New Marlboro, Massachusetts, and then to one at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 1840 he gave up his pastoral studies to become a public lecturer. In 1864, he received his LL.D. from the University of the City of New York. He wrote a Life of Emma Willard in 1873.[1]


Works

  • The Old Roman World (1867)
  • Ancient States and Empires (1869)
  • Points of History (1881)
  • Beacon Lights of History (14 volumes) (1883-96)
    • This covers the Old Pagan Civilisations through to Modern Europe and America in his time.

References

  1. ^ [1]

External links

This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.


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Books

Beacon Lights of History
Beacon Lights of History
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.

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