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Prescott, William Hickling

historian, author, was born May 4, 1796, in Salem, Mass. He was a celebrated historian of Boston. In 1837 his History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella appeared and brought him instant fame. It was followed by The Conquest of Mexico; The Conquest of Peru; an edition of Robertson's Charles V, with Prescott's own work on the cloister life of that monarch; History of Philip II; and Biographical and Critical Miscellanies.

He died Jan. 28, 1850, in Boston, Mass.