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See also:RHODES, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:FORD (1848-
), See also:American historian, was See also:born in See also:Cleveland, See also:Ohio, on the 1st of May 1848. He
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entered the university of New See also:York as a See also:special student in 1865, studied at the university of See also:Chicago in 1866-67, and at the See also:College de See also:France in 1867-68, and in 1868 served as occasional See also:Paris correspondent to the Chicago Times. He then took a course in metallurgy in the School of Mines, at See also:Berlin; subsequently inspected See also:iron and See also:steel See also:works in western See also:Germany and in See also:Great See also:Britain; and in 187o joined his See also:father in the iron, steel and See also:coal business in Cleveland, becoming a member of the See also:firm in 1874. He retired from business with an ample See also:fortune in 1885, and after two years devoted to See also:general See also:reading and travel he began his See also:History of the See also:United States from the See also:Compromise of 185o, which, closing the narrative with the See also:year 1877, was published in seven volumes in 1893-1906. In recognition of the merit of his See also:work he received honorary degrees from various American See also:universities, was elected See also:president of the American See also:Historical Association in 1899, and received the Loubat See also:prize of the Berlin See also:Academy of Sciences in 19o1. In 1909 he published a See also:volume of Historical Essays.
End of Article: RHODES, JAMES FORD
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