Re: John Perkins Lord and Sarah Noble
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In reply to:
John Perkins Lord and Sarah Noble
3/13/00
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII
LORD, John, author and lecturer, was born at Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 27, 1810; son of John Perkins and Sophia (Ladd) Lord; grandson of John and Mehitable (Perkins) Lord, and great-grandson of Nathan and Esther (Perkins) Lord. He was graduated from Dartmouth college, A.B., 1833, A.M., 1836, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1837, and was agent for the American Peace society, 1837-39. He was pastor at New Marlborough, Mass., 1839-40, at Stockbridge, Mass., in 1840, and at Utica, N.Y., for a short time, when he withdrew from pastoral work and devoted himself to lecturing and authorship. He resided in England, 1843-46, and lectured on the "Middle Ages" in all the large cities there. He returned to the United States in 1846, and lectured in the New England and Middle states continuously for over forty years, during which time he was lecturer on history in Dartmouth college, 1869-76. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1864. He is the author of: Modern History for Schools (1850); A New History of the United States for Schools (1850); The Old Roman World (1867); Ancient States and Empires (1869); Ancient History (1876); Points of History (1881 ); Life of Emma Willard (1883); Beacon Lights of History (1883-94). He died in Stamford, Conn., Dec. 15, 1894.