Thomas Prince Writer

Thomas Prince (May 15, 1687 – August 22, 1758) was an American clergyman, scholar and historian noted for his historical text A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals. Called 'an American pioneer in scientific historical writing', Prince influenced historians such as Jeremy Belknap and Thomas Hutchinson, and his Annals was still being used as a reference text as late as 1791.

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Thomas Prince
Birth dateMay 15, 1687
Birth place
Sandwich Massachusetts
Nationality
United States
Date of deathAugust 22, 1758
Place of death
Boston
Education
Harvard University
Children
Sarah Prince

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  1. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7049729M/Catalogue_of_the_collection_of_books_and_manuscripts_which_formerly_belonged_to_the_Rev._Thomas_Prince_and_was_by_him_bequeathed_to_the_Old_South_Church_and_is_now_deposited_in_the_Public_Library_of_the_City_of_Boston.
  2. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Portraits/97.htm
  3. http://www.bpl.org/research/rb/collections.htm