Cogswell, Joseph Green, 1786-1871
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Cogswell, Joseph Green, 1786-1871
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Cogswell, Joseph G. (Joseph Green), 1786-1871
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Cogswell, Joseph G. (Joseph Green), 1786-1871
Cogswell, Joseph
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Cogswell, Joseph G.
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Cogswell, Joseph Greene, 1786-1871
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Cogswell, J. G. 1786-1871
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Coggswell, J. G. 1786-1871 (Joseph Green),
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Cogswell, J. G. 1786-1871 (Joseph Green),
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Coggswell, J. G. 1786-1871
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Joseph Green Cogswell was a native of New England and graduate of Harvard. Throughout his long and active life, he was a scholar, educator, editor, bibliographer, and author, as well as superintendent of the Astor Library. Through his reputation, connections, and extensive travelling, he was known by many of the most notable figures of the nineteenth century, including Goethe, Irving, Byron, Scott, and Humboldt.
Joseph Green Cogswell (1786-1871) was an educator and librarian. He was appointed librarian and professor of mineralogy and geology at Harvard University in 1820, founded the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass. with George Bancroft in 1823, owned the New York Review from 1839 to 1842, and worked with John Jacob Astor on the establishment of a large public library in New York City. In 1848 he was appointed the first superintendent of the Astor Library.
American librarian and bibliographer.
Teacher, librarian, and founder of Round Hill School, Northampton, Mass.
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