Jeremy Belknap

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Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.

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instanceOf American Congregational minister ⓘ
American historian ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1744-06-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1798-06-20 ⓘ
describedAs pioneer of critical historical writing in the United States ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
fieldOfWork American biography ⓘ
New England history ⓘ
founded Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
hasPartInWork History of New Hampshire, Volume I ⓘ
History of New Hampshire, Volume II ⓘ
History of New Hampshire, Volume III ⓘ
influenced development of state and local history in the United States ⓘ
knownFor helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States ⓘ
pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ
movement early American historical scholarship ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus ⓘ
American Biography ⓘ
History of New Hampshire ⓘ
occupation Congregational minister ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
historian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
positionHeld pastor of a Congregational church in Dover, New Hampshire ⓘ
pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
usedMethod critical use of primary sources in historical writing ⓘ
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Dover, New Hampshire ⓘ

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