John George Nicolay

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John George Nicolay (born February 26, 1832, as Johann Georg in Essingen/Pfalz,[[1]] Rhineland-Palatinate – September 26, 1901) was an American (German-born) biographer and secretary of Abraham Lincoln's. In 1838, he immigrated to USA with his father. In 1861, Lincoln appointed Nicolay to be his private secretary, which was the first official act of his new administration. Nicolay served in this capacity until Lincoln's death in 1865. Several years after, Nicolay and John Hay, who had worked alongside Nicolay as assistant secretary to Lincoln, collaborated on the official biography of the 16th President. The resulting biography took up several volumes and for many years was considered a definitive resource on Lincoln and his times. In the 1992 documentary Lincoln, the German-born Nicolay is voiced by the Austrian-born actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[edit] Works

• "A. Lincoln, a history" (1890), with John Milton Hay

"Campaigns of the Civil War - Volume 1 The Outbreak of Rebellion" by John G. Nicolay (originally published in 1881)

[edit] External links

• Works by John George Nicolay at Project Gutenberg
• Mr. Lincoln's White House: John G. Nicholay
• Mr. Lincoln and Friends: John G. Nicholay