Hubert H. Bancroft

Hubert H. Bancroft
Hubert H. Bancroft

Hubert Howe Bancroft (Granville, Ohio, 1832 - 1918), historiador, hispanista y bibliógrafo estadounidense.

Recopiló todo tipo de materiales para historiar la conquista del lejano Oeste de Estados Unidos. Escribió California Pastoral: 1769-1848 (San Francisco: The History Co., 1888); History of the North Mexican States and Texas (San Francisco: 1884); History of Utah, 1540-1886 (San Francisco, 1889)'; The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America (New York: Appleton, 1875) y, sobre todo, History of California (San Francisco: The History Co., 1884-1890) en siete volúmenes. Como hispanista se le debe una History of Central America (San Francisco, 1887). También escribió biografías, como la History of the Life of William Gilpin. A Character Study (San Francisco, 1889). En su honor se erigió la Biblioteca Bancroft de la Universidad de California en Berkeley.


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  • Bancroft, Hubert Howe — ▪ American historian born May 5, 1832, Granville, Ohio, U.S. died March 2, 1918, Walnut Creek, Calif.       historian of the American West who collected and published 39 volumes on the history and peoples of western North America. His work… …   Universalium

  • Bancroft Middle School (Los Angeles, California) — Infobox School name =Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School motto = established =1929 type =Public affiliation = district =Los Angeles Unified School District grades =6 8 president = principal =Cheryl Hildreth head of school = dean = faculty = staff …   Wikipedia

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