Frederick Saunders, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frederick Saunders

British-American librarian, editor and writer

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1807

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1902

Profession: writer, librarian, bookseller, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Frederick Saunders

  • For the Ceylonese colonial administrator, see Sir Frederick Richard Saunders (1838–1910).Frederick Saunders (14 August 1807 – 12 December.
  • 1902), librarian, was born in London.
  • Eng., 14 August 1807, son of the senior member of the firm of Saunders and Ottley, book publishers of London.
  • He received a superior education, and became a clerk in his father's book store.
  • He was sent in 1837 to New York to open a branch of title house, hoping to secure an American copyright on the publications of the firm in demand in the United States ; and he also petitioned the US Congress for the passage of an act looking to the protection of both American and British authors.
  • His object failed, although it was backed by Henry Clay, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, and George Bancroft. He was for a time city editor of the New York Evening Post, William Cullen Bryant, editor; was employed by Harper and Brothers and by George P.
  • Putnam, 1850–55, and was assistant librarian of the Astor Library through the offices of Washington Irving, 1859–76, and librarian, 1876–96, when he was retired with full pay.
  • He died in New York City.
  • 12 Dec..
  • 1902. He was married, 18 September 1833, to Mary Ann Farr of London, Eng.
  • The honorary degree of A.M.
  • was conferred on him by Madison University, Hamilton.
  • N.Y..
  • in 1853.
  • He was the editor of Our National Centennial Jubilee (1877); and with Henry T.
  • Tuckerman, of Homes of American Authors (1853).
  • He contributed to the Knickerbocker Magazine; Democratic Rei-ieic ; New York Quarterly ; and is the author of : Memoirs of the Great Metropolis, or London from, the Tower to the Crystal Palace (1852) ; New York in a Nut-shell (1853) ; Salad for the Solitary (1853 ; rev.
  • ed., 1856–1872) ; Salad for the Social (1856) ; Pearls of Thought.
  • Religious and Philosophical, Gathered from Old Authors (1858) ; Mosaics (1856) ; Festival of Song, with 73 illustrations (1868) ; About Women, Love, and Marriage (1868) ; Evenings with the Sacred Poets (1869) ; Pastime Papers (1885) ; The Story of Some Famous Books (1887); Stray Leaves of Literature (1888) ; Story of the Discovery of the New World (1892) ; Character Studies (1894).

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