George Ticknor

George Ticknor (gusht 1, 1791 – januar 26, 1871), ka qene nje akademik American dhe Hispanist, i specializuar ne çeshtje te fushes se gjuhëve dhe letërsi. Ai është i njohur per punimet e tij shkollore ne histori dhe kriticizëm per letërsinë spanjolle.

Biography

Ticknor House (left), Park Street, Boston. Photo by Southworth & Hawes,1858.

Ticknor's minor works include, besides occasional reviews and papers:

Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the History and Criticism of Spanish Literature (1823)
Outline of the Principal Events in the Life of General Lafayette (1825)
Remarks on Changes Lately Proposed or Adopted in Harvard University (1825)
The Remains of Nathan Appleton Haven, with a Memoir of his Life (1827)
Remarks on the Life and Writings of Daniel Webster (1831)
Lecture on the Best Methods of Teaching the Living Languages, delivered, in 1832, before the American Institute of Education
the Life of William Hickling Prescott (1864).

See Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor (2 vols., 1876), by George S Hillard and Mrs Anna (Eliot) Ticknor and Miss Anna Eliot Ticknor. This book was edited, with a critical introduction, in 1909, by Ferris Greenslet.

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