Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

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Hector St. John de Crèvecœur was an 18th-century French-American writer best known for his influential work "Letters from an American Farmer," which helped shape early European perceptions of the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-American ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
person ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs J. Hector St. John ⓘ
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ⓘ
birthDate 1735-01-31 ⓘ
birthName Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur ⓘ
birthPlace Caen ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
United States ⓘ
deathDate 1813-11-12 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Sarcelles ⓘ
emigratedTo British America ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork American studies ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre epistolary literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
givenName Michel ⓘ
influenced European perceptions of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
militaryBranch French colonial troops in North America ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
French ⓘ
notableIdea concept of the American as a new man ⓘ
notableWork Letters from an American Farmer ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld French consul in Connecticut ⓘ
French consul in New Jersey ⓘ
French consul in New York ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1782 ⓘ
residence New York Colony ⓘ
Orange County, New York ⓘ
servedIn French and Indian War ⓘ
wroteAbout American agriculture ⓘ
cultural diversity in the American colonies ⓘ
life on the American frontier ⓘ
slavery in the American colonies ⓘ

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Studies in Classic American Literature → notableSubjectOfEssay → Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ⓘ
Hector St. John de Crèvecœur → birthName → Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecœur ⓘ
linked to: Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
Hector St. John de Crèvecœur → alsoKnownAs → J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur ⓘ
linked to: Hector St. John de Crèvecœur